Queen Isabella II Covers

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August 1, 1862

5-Cuartos

Scott #13 / Edifil #10

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

25 Covers Recorded

Reference	Description (Click Picture for Enlarged View)
Sc13-18	Circa 1862 Manila to Daraga (Albay) Nigel Gooding Collection Corinphila Auction #194 - November 20, 2014 (Lot 5424) [Price Realized : CHF600]
Sc13-25	12 January 1863 Manila to Cebu Antonio Cuesta Collection
Sc13-26	4 March 1863 Lingayen Dateline Lingayen (Pangasinan) to Manila Circular Dotted Departure Cancel & Small Black Baeza (6 March 1863) Receiving CDS Provenance: Geoffrey Lewis Soler y Llach Auction - December 21, 2022 (Lot 2528) [Price Realized : 750 Euros]
Sc13-19	1 April 1863 Manila to Cagsaua (Albay) Nigel Gooding Collection Corinphila Auction #194 - November 20, 2014 (Lot 5425) [Price Realized : CHF550]
Sc13-20	10 June 1863 Manila Dateline Manila to Cebu (Visayas) Nigel Gooding Collection Filatelica Llach Auction - May 2018 [Price Realized: 400 Euros]
Sc13-01	13 June 1863 Laoag Dateline Laoag (Ilocos Norte) to Binondo (Manila) Small Baeza (19 June 1863) Receiving Circular Date Stamp Nigel Gooding Collection Michael Rogers Inc Public Auction - August 20, 1999 (Sale #69 - Lot 1196)
Sc13-22	6 July 1863 Laoag Dateline Laoag (Ilocos Norte) to Manila Large Baeza (10 July 1863) Receiving Circular Date Stamp Robert Tan Collection
Sc13-13	5 August 1863 Lal-Lo Dateline Lallo (Cagayan) to Binondo (Manila) Manila - Star (15 August 1863) Receiving Circular Date Stamp Nigel Gooding Collection Regency Superior Auction - January 30, 2011 (Lot 2355)
Sc13-02	October 1863 Addressed to San Miguel (Manila) Carried by the Steamship Genovesia Manila � Star (23 October 1863) Receiving Circular Date Stamp Provenance: Donald Peterson
Sc13-14	28 October 1863 Lal-Lo Dateline Lal-Lo (Cagayan) to Binondo (Manila) Manila - Star (9 November 1863) Receiving Circular Date Stamp Nigel Gooding Collection Regency Superior Auction - January 30, 2011 (Lot 2354)
Sc13-21	2 November 1863 Laoag Dateline Laoag (Ilocos Norte) to Manila Manila - Star (7 November 1863) Receiving Circular Date Stamp Soler y Llach Auction - January 14, 2020
Sc13-03	18 November 1863 Lal-Lo Dateline Lal-Lo (Cagayan) to Binondo (Manila) Manila - Star (27 November 1863) Receiving Circular Date Stamp Nigel Gooding Collection Cherrystone Auctions - November 15, 2006 (Lot 892)
Sc13-23	June 1864 Cropped Official Cover from Zamboanga to Manila Manila - Star (16 June 1864) Receiving Circular Date Stamp Antonio Cuesta Collection Soler y Llach Auction - October 20, 1992 (Lot 1022) Comment: Official Cover from the Mayor of Zamboanga to Mayor of Manila affixed with at least five 5-cuartos stamps paying at least five times domestic rate. Alcadia Mayor de Zamboanga official handstamp on front.

Uncancelled or Manuscript Cancelled Covers

Reference	Description (Click Picture for Enlarged View)
Sc13-17	23 January 1864 San Jose Dateline San Jose de Buenavista (Antique) to Cebu Provenance: Geoffrey Lewis Soler y Llach Auction - December 21, 2022 (Lot 2529) [Price Realized : 420 Euros] 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.
Sc13-04	14 April 1864 Dumaguete Dateline Dumaguete (Negros Oriental) to Cebu Antonio Cuesta Collection Afinsa Auction - October 30, 2001 (Lot 400) 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.
Sc13-16	6 June 1864 Capiz Dateline Capiz (Panay) to Cebu Provenance: Geoffrey Lewis Soler y Llach Auction - December 21, 2022 (Lot 2530) [Price Realized : 340 Euros] 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)
Sc13-05	April 1863 Masinloc (Zambales) to Binondo (Manila) Zambales / Tribunal / Masinloc Departure Cancel Small Baeza (10 April 1863) Receiving Circular Date Stamp Antonio Cuesta Collection Comment: Handwritten Masinloc, most likely due to poor strike of cancel
Sc13-08	December 1863 Masinloc (Zambales) to San Gabriel (Manila) Zambales / Tribunal / Masinloc Departure Cancel Manila - Star (23 December) Receiving Circular Date Stamp Afinsa Auction - October 30, 2001 (Lot 402)
Sc13-06	23 February 1864 Masinloc Dateline Masinloc (Zambales) to Binondo (Manila) Zambales / Tribunal / Masinloc Departure Cancel Small Baeza (1 March 1864) Receiving Circular Date Stamp Nigel Gooding Collection Christoph Gartner Auction - March 27-29 2007 (Lot 1535)
Sc13-09	April 1864 Masinloc (Zambales) to San Gabriel (Manila) Zambales / Tribunal / Masinloc Departure Cancel Manila - Star (9 April 1864) Receiving Circular Date Stamp Nigel Gooding Collection Antonio Torres Auction - February 27, 2004 (Lot 1143)
Sc13-07	25 April 1864 Santa Cruz Dateline Santa Cruz (Zambales) to San Gabriel (Manila) Zambales / Tribunal / Sta Cruz Departure Cancel Manila - Star (29 April 1864) Receiving Circular Date Stamp Nigel Gooding Collection Ivy & Mader Auction - December 11 & 12, 2001 (Lot 2084)
S13-10	Circa 1864 Masinloc (Zambales) to San Gabriel (Manila) Zambales / Tribunal / Masinloc Departure Cancel Corinphila (Zurich) Auction - January 1955 (Lot 3477) - Only Partial Scan

Town Cancellations

Reference	Description (Click Picture for Enlarged View)
Sc13-12	September 1863 Negros to Manila Negros Oblong Town Cancellation Manila - Star (14 September 1863) Receiving Circular Date Stamp Nestor Nunez Collection
Sc13-11	April 1864 Partial Cover Front from Capiz (Visayas) to Manila Capiz Oblong Town Cancellation Manila - Star (6 April 1864) Receiving Circular Date Stamp Antonio Torres Website - January 2007

Overseas Printed Matter

Reference	Description (Click Picture for Enlarged View)
Sc13-15	8 January 1863 Manila to Bilbao (Spain) Bilbao (28 February 1863) Receiving Backstamp Provenance: Geoffrey Lewis Nigel Gooding Collection Soler y Llach Auction - December 21, 2022 (Lot 2527) [Price Realised : 1,700 Euros]

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

Reference	Description (Click Picture for Enlarged View)
Sc13-24	Circa 1863 Capiz (Visayas) to Cebu Comment: 5-cuartos stamp paying single weight domestic rate tied with a most likely bogus CAPIZ town cancellation.

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