Rafael Parra

[4] One of his first acts (before he arrived in Maracaibo) was to create a Board for reconstructing the Baralt Theatre.

[4] Parra signed off on the demolition and rebuild of the old Baralt Theatre on 28 July 1877; he laid the first stone of the new building in a ceremony on 7 October 1877.

[3] In 1891, he returned to the presidency, taking office on 25 January and touring the various districts of Zulia in July that year.

[2] During 1891, Parra also introduced a new postal system to Zulia[7] and was involved in establishing the design of a stamp for Zulia; he decreed that the state would have its own stamp and system, but this had not been authorized by the Venezuelan government.

These never left the Maracaibo customs office until 1896, when the new President of Zulia, Jesús Muñoz Tébar, paid the fiscal value of the stamps and had many sent to the Venezuelan army to be destroyed (they were technically illegal), also sending some to the personal collection of David Belloso Rossell.