Covers - Isabella 1854

The 5-Cuartos stamp was issued to pay the single-weight interior postal rate for mail under half-an-ounce. The stamp on the following covers is tied with a Circular Dotted Cancellation and some covers show a Baeza ‘Manila’ receiving or departure circular date stamp.

Ref No.	Description	Click on Picture to Enlarge View
Sc1-01	MANILA TO GUAGUA (PAMPANGA) 3 February 1854 George Alevizos Auction Jul 1997 (Lot 287)
Sc1-02	MANILA TO CAVITE 9 March 1854 Don Peterson Collection
Sc1-03	ALBAY TO MANILA Dateline: 29 March 1854 3 April 1854 Large Baeza Receiving CDS Ex Burrus Stanley Gibbons (Singapore) Auction Oct 1997 (Lot 1028)
Sc1-04	VIGAN TO MANILA Dateline: 10 April 1854 14 April 1854 Small Baeza Receiving CDS Soler y Llach Auctions February 4, 1999 (Lot 76) [Starting Bid €2,000 – Unsold]
Sc1-05	ADDRESSED TO SALOMAQUE THEN REDIRECTED TO VIGAN 10 June 1854 Ex Manuel Galvez Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Inc Sale #973 (Rarities of the World) Jonathan Rose Collection June 13, 2009 (Lot 339) [Price Realized : US$5,750]
Sc1-06	MANILA TO SULBEC (ILOCOS SUR) 14 August 1854 Mario Que Collection
Sc1-07	MANILA TO MALATE 29 September 1854 Cherrystone Auction July 19-20, 1989 Soler y Llach Auctions October 1992 Antonio Cuesta Collection
Sc1-08	MANILA TO TAGUDIN (ILOCOS SUR) 1 October 1854 Geoffrey Lewis Collection
Sc1-09	MANILA TO SULBEC (ILOCOS SUR) 15 December 1854 Filatelia Llach Auction May 1992 (Lot 786) Note: With tear on lower left portion of cover Soler y Llach Auctions June 1993 (Lot 1567) Note: Tear on lower left repaired Nestor Nuñez Collection
Sc1-10	MANILA TO BACNOTAN, LA UNION Circa 1854 Solery y Llach Auctions February 20, 2002 (Lot 70) [Starting Bid €1,200] Ivy and Mader Auction December 2001 (Lot 2080)
Sc1-11	ADDRESSED TO CAGSAUA (ALBAY) Circa 1854 Afinsa (Soler y Llach) Auctions October 30, 2001 (Lot 315) Soler y Llach Auction October 30, 2001 (Lot 315) Soler y Llach Auction February 2003 *Graus* *Certificate*
Sc1-12	ADDRESSED TO CEBU Circa 1854 H.R. Harmers Inc Auction The Alfred H. Caspary Collection March 24-27, 1958 (Lot 567) [Price Realized : US$60.00] Soler & Llach Auction February 20, 1992 (Lot 3027) [Price Realized : 190,000 Pesetas]
Sc1-13	MANILA TO SAN MIGUEL Circa 1854 Cover addressed to Dona Margarita Roxas de Ayala, founder of La Concordia College Manila Auctions – December 1999 Nigel Gooding Collection
Sc1-14	MANILA TO SAN MIGUEL Circa 1854 Cover addressed to Dona Margarita Roxas de Ayala, founder of La Concordia College PNAS Auctions – May 2001 Arthur Winston Bitagcol Collection
Sc1-15	MANILA TO SAN MIGUEL Circa 1854 Cover addressed to Dona Margarita Roxas de Ayala, founder of La Concordia College Bayanihan Collectors Club Inc (BCCI) Auction May 27, 2007 (Lot 42)
Sc1-16	MANILA TO SULBEC (ILOCOS SUR) Circa 1854 Soler y Llach Acutions March 1990
Sc1-17	ADDRESSED TO SULBEC (ILOCOS SUR) Circa 1854 Soler y Llach Auctions March 1990 (Lot2479)
Sc1-18	ADDRESSED TO VIGAN Circa 1854 Ex Manuel Galvez Stanley Chan Collection
Sc1-19	MANILA TO SORSOGON Circa 1854 PJP September – October 1954
Sc1-20	MANILA TO CAVITE 19 January 1855 Ferrars H. Tows Collection Auction November 10-13, 1948 (Lot 79) Antonio Cuesta Collection
Sc1-21	MANILA TO SANTA CRUZ 27 February 1855 Cherrystone Auctions November 15, 2006 (Lot 885) [Price Realized : US$950.00]
Sc1-22	MANILA TO SANTA CRUZ (?) 27 February 1855 Ex Cacho Collection R. Wolffers Auction September 3-5, 1980 IPPS Auction November 24, 1990 Antonio Cuesta Collection
Sc1-23	MANILA TO SULBEC (ILOCOS SUR) 5 March 1855 Stanley Gibbons (Hong Kong) Auction March 1988 (Lot 363) Antonio Cuesta Collection
Sc1-24	MANILA TO CAVITE 9 March 1855 Filatelia Hobby Auction December 20, 1979 Galeria Filatelica de Barcelona Auction March 7-9, 1989 Mario Que Collection
Sc1-25	LINGAYEN TO BINONDO Lingayen Dateline – 10 April 1855 Manila Arrival CDS - 27 April 1855 Filatelia Hobby Auction March 8-13, 1982 (Lot 3371) Iberphil Public Auction February 19, 2013 (Lot 886) Nigel Gooding Collection
Sc1-26	MANILA TO CAVITE 25 May 1855 Galeria Filatelica de Barcelona Auction March 1989 Antonio Cuesta Collection
Sc1-27	MANILA TO SULBEC (ILOCOS SUR) 2 July 1855 Bayanihan Auction Oct 1991(Lot 15)
Sc1-28	ADDRESSED TO MANILA 18 September 1855 Mario Que Collection
Sc1-29	MANILA TO CALAPAN (MINDORO) 13 February 1856 Filatelia Hobby Auction March 8-13, 1982 Galeria Filatelica de Barcelona Auction March 7-9, 1989 *C.E.M. Certificate* Nestor Nuñez Collection
Sc1-30	MANILA TO SULBEC (ILOCOS SUR) 6 July 1856 Soler & Llach Auction Feb 20, 1992 (Lot 3028) [Price Realized : 240,000 Pesetas] Geoffrey Lewis Collection
Sc1-31	MANILA TO MINDORO 20 July 1856 Mario Que Collection Note: Reconstructed from two scans
Sc1-44	MANILA TO MALATE 20 July 1856 (?) Corinphila Auction #194 John Simon Collection November 20, 2014 (Lot 5384) [Starting Bid CHF1,500 – Sold CHF3200]
Sc1-43	MANILA TO MALATE 27 July 1856 Soler y Llach Auction October 20, 2011 (Lot 1235A) [Starting Bid €1,500 – Sold €1,500]
Sc1-32	MANILA TO SULBEC (ILOCOS SUR) 8 October 1856 Soler y Llach Auction Jul 1, 2008 (Lot 0050) [Starting Bid €2,500 – Unsold]
Sc1-33	MANILA TO SULBEC (ILOCOS SUR) 9 October 1856 R. Wolffers Auction October 1991
Sc1-34	MANILA TO PAGSANHAN (LAGUNA) 14 January 1857 Afinsa Auctions October 30, 2001 (Lot 316) [Price Realized : for €1,900] *Graus* *Certificate* Nestor Nuñez Collection
Sc1-35	MANILA TO SULBEC (ILOCOS SUR) 9 April 1858 (??) Robson Lowe Ltd Burrus Collection Auction May 5, 1964 (Lot 270) Soler y Llach Auction February 24, 2004 (Lot 724) Soler y Llach Private Treaty Sale September 2006 (Lot 97)
Sc1-36	MANILA TO CALUMPIT (BULACAN) 24 Aug (?) 1857 (?) Ex Manuel Galvez
Sc1-37	MANILA TO PAGSANHAN (LAGUNA) 15 November 1858 Stanley Gibbons Auction May 17, 1984 (Lot 520) [Price Realized : £700.00] *BPA Certificate* Mario Que Collection

Registered (Interior) Cover

The 2-Reales stamp was issued to pay the Registration fee on mail.

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Also
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MANILA TO NUEVA CACERAS
(CAMARINES SUR)

20 February 1856

Single Weight Registered Interior
Postage Rate

5-Cuartos and 2-Reales (Registration Fee)
Tied with Circular Dotted Cancel and Large Baeza Circular Date Stamp

Only Known Combination Cover

Antonio Cuesta Collection

Covers Addressed Overseas

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MANILA TO TURON (COCHIN-CHINA)

19 November 1859

Filatelia Hobby Auction
December 20, 1979

Soler & Llach Auction
February 20, 1992 (Lot 3204)

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TO PARIS (FRANCE)

Colonies Art 13 Rectangular Boxed Handstamp

8 March 1855 Calais (front) and Paris (reverse) Receiving Date Stamps

Sorani Certificate
Believed to be a Bogus Cover

Inbound Covers

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SYDNEY (AUSTRALIA) TO MANILA

12 May 1854

5-Cuartos tied with Circular Dotted Cancel and 29 June 1854 Small Baeza Receiving Circular Date Stamp

Ex Nestor Jacob Collection
Harmers London Auction – April 4, 1981

Mario Que Collection

Letters under the ½-ounce weight from New South Wales was subject to an inbound rate of 1-Real. Due to the implementation of new postal rates brought about by the introduction of postage stamps from February 1, 1854, it is most likely that the postal officials assumed that the postage from the port of addressee was equivalent to postage of an inland letter. Hence the 5-Cuartos stamp was affixed.

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SYDNEY (AUSTRALIA) TO MANILA

27 September 1854

5-Cuartos tied with Circular Dotted Cancel and 25 January 1855 Small Baeza Receiving Circular Date Stamp

Ex Burrus and Nestor Jacob Collections
David Feldman Auction – May 30, 1986

Mario Que Collection

Letters between ½-ounce and 1-ounce weight from New South Wales was subject to an inbound rate of 2-Reales. However, confusion among postal officials concerning the postal rate led to the misuse of the proper due rate. Hence, the presence of the handstamped numeral ‘1’ (1-Real) due marking and the 5-Cuartos stamp (making the inbound due rate 5-Cuartos short).

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