Layout by Carlos Romero.
Listed as souvenir sheet by S.Gibbons.
Mini sheet of twelve se-tenant stamps.
The Venezuelan Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by a congress of Venezuelan provinces on July 5, 1811, through which Venezuelans made the decision to separate from the Spanish Crown in order to establish a new nation based on the premises of equality of individuals, abolition of censorship and dedication to freedom of expression. These principles were radically opposed to the political, cultural, and social practices that had existed during three hundred years of colonization.
