Queen Isabella II Covers

 

 

 

 

10-Cuartos

Scott #2 & Scott #2a / Edifil #2

Issued to pay the double-weight domestic postal rate for mail between half-an-ounce and one ounce


7 Covers Recorded

 

Reference

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Scott #2


8 December 1855
Addressed to Manila



Provenance: Maurice Burrus, Nestor Jacob, John Robert Boker Jr
Antonio Cuesta Collection

Robson Lowe Ltd (Burrus) Auction - May 5, 1964 (Lot 288)

Filatelia Hobby Auction - December 20, 1979

Soler & Llach Auction - February 20, 1992 (Lot 3042) [Price Realized 5,000,000 Pesetas]

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Scott #2


11 May 1857
Manila to Cagsaua (Albay)



Antonio Cuesta Collection

Ferrars H. Tows Collection Auction - November 10-13, 1948 (Lot 117)

Galeria Filatelica de Barcelona Auction - February 24-26, 1988

Afinsa Auction - October 30, 2001 (Lot 326) [Price Realized Euros 20,000]

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Scott #2a


3 March 1855
Manila to Cavite



Provenance : John Robert Boker Jr
Antonio Cuesta Collection

Soler & Llach Auction - February 20, 1992 (Lot 3053) [Price Realized 3,500,000 Pesetas]

Afinsa Auction - October 30, 2001 (Lot 334) [Price Realized Euros 18,000]

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Scott #2a


19 October 1855
Addressed to Manila



Provenance: Nestor Jacob

Filatelia Hobby Auction - December 20, 1979

Corinphila Auction #194 - November 20, 2014 (Lot 5392) [Price Realized CHF 13,000]

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Scott #2a


17 February 1856
Manila to Cagsaua (Albay)



Nigel Gooding Collection


Bisect Domestic Usage

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Scott #2a


6 July 1857
Manila to Guagua (Pampanga)



Mario Que Collection


Comment: Folded letter bearing the 10-Cuartos stamp diagonally bisect used as 5-Cuartos for local single rate letter weight under half-ounce. Stamp tied with Circular Dotted Cancel. Small Baeza Departure Circular Date Stamp on front.


Overseas Usage

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Scott #2a


10 January 1857
Manila to Madrid (Spain) via Isthmus of Suez



Soler y Llach Auction - May 2, 1996

Comment: Folded letter bearing a pair of the 10-Cuartos stamps (equating to 1-Real de Plata) to prepay the outbound single rate to Spain. The stamps issued prior to 1856 were not authorised for overseas mail. Hence, the presence of a 4Rs (4-Reales de Vellon) handstamp applied on receipt of the cover in Spain to indicate the postage due charge.


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