Queen Isabella II Covers

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January 1, 1861

5-Cuartos

Scott #12 / Edifil #9

Issued to pay the single-weight interior postal rate for mail under half-an-ounce

13 Covers Recorded

Reference	Description (Click Picture for Enlarged View)
Sc12-01	15 October 1862 Manila Dateline Quiapo (Manila) to Cebu Large Baeza (18 October 1862) Departure Circular Date Stamp Nigel Gooding Collection
Sc12-13	10 March 1863 Cebu to Manila Small Baeza (10 March 1863) Receiving Circular Date Stamp Antonio Cuesta Collection Subasta International del Sellos, Soler y Llach - June 19-20, 1991 (Lot 2324 - Starting Bid 20,000 pesetas)
Sc12-02	27 March 1863 Addressed to Manila Antonio Cuesta Collection Cherrystone Auction - November 15, 2006 (Lot 891)
Sc12-12	6 May 1863 Lal-lo Dateline Lal-lo (Cagayan) to Binondo (Manila) Large Baeza (17 May 1863) Receiving Circular Date Stamp Robert Tan Collection
Sc12-03	13 May 1863 Legazpi Dateline Legazpi (Albay) to San Gabriel (Manila) Large Baeza (19 May 1863) Receiving Circular Date Stamp Antonio Cuesta Collection H R Harmer Auction - April 27, 2007 (Lot 598)
Sc12-08	20 May 1863 Legazpi Dateline Legazpi (Albay) to San Gabriel (Manila) Large Baeza (26 May 1863) Receiving Circular Date Stamp Nigel Gooding Collection
Sc12-09	May 1863 Calapan (Oriental Mindoro) to Binondo (Manila) Large Baeza (31 May 1863) Receiving Circular Date Stamp Nigel Gooding Collection Christoph Gartner Auction - June 15, 2015 (Lot 1590)
Sc12-04	6 October 1863 Addressed to San Gabriel (Manila) Provenance: Donald Peterson Christoph Gartner Auction - June 15, 2015 (Lot 1590)

Uncancelled or Manuscript Cancelled Covers

Reference

Description (Click Picture for Enlarged View)

Sc12-05

Circa 1863 Bacolod (Negros) to Iloilo Carried by Steamship Esperanza Nestor Nunez Collection Ebay - July 27, 2004 Comment: During the early Spanish period, many of the provincial towns either had no access to postal cancellers or chose not to use them, evident from many covers, mainly addressed to Manila, only tied with receiving cancels. In cases where covers were sent inter-city (other than Manila), a few covers exist where both the source and destination towns did not apply a cancel thus the stamp remained un-cancelled. In some cases, stamps had a manuscript (pen) cancel applied.

Domestic Tribunal Covers

Reference	Description (Click Picture for Enlarged View)
Sc12-07	February 1863 Masinloc (Zambales) to Binondo (Manila) Zambales / Tribunal / Masinloc Departure Cancel Small Baeza (27 February 1863) Receiving Circular Date Stamp Antonio M Torres Auction - January 31, 1991 (Lot 92) Afinsa Auction - October 30, 2001 (Lot 396)

Registered Covers

Reference

Description (Click Picture for Enlarged View)

Sc12-06 (Sc9-08)

September 1862 Albay to Manila Large Baeza (9 September 1862) Receiving Circular Date Stamp Nigel Gooding Collection Soler & Llach Auction - February 20, 1992 (Lot 3131) Afinsa Auctions - October 30, 2001 (Lot 397) Comment: Two 5-cuartos stamps paying double weight domestic rate of 10-cuartos, plus a further 2-Reales (Scott #9) Registration Fee. Manuscript Certificado de Albay on top of cover front.

Overseas Printed Matter

Reference	Description (Click Picture for Enlarged View)
Sc12-11	21 August 1862 Manila to Bilbao (Spain) Robert Tan Collection Comment: Two 5-cuartos stamps paying single weight overseas circular rate of 10-cuartos.
Sc12-10	7 October 1862 Manila Dateline Manila to Bilbao (Spain) Small Baeza (9 October 1862) Departure Circular Date Stamp Nigel Gooding Collection Comment: Two 5-cuartos stamps paying single weight overseas circular rate of 10-cuartos.

Bogus or Doubtful Covers
(Excluded from the Count of Recorded Covers)

Reference	Description (Click Picture for Enlarged View)
Sc12-14	9 November 1863 Addressed to Ronda, Spain Soler y Llach Auction - October 20, 1992 (Lot 1021) Comment: Doubtful status and most probably a forged cover. 1-real (20-cuartos) was the single weight overseas rate to Spain so the 5c rate (single weight domestic rate) does not make sense on this cover.

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