Queen Isabella II
January 1863
5-Cuartos
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Gooding #14F1; Bartels C15.1; Earee (Page
210); Serrane (Page 224) Lithographed in vermilion on thick, hard, very white wove paper.
There is a colon after 'CORREOS'. Both upper and lower inscriptions are in
ordinary Roman capitals. There is a very thin, broken outline under 'CORREOS
INTERIOR', which is some little distance from the upper outline of the rest
of the stamp. There are three bell-shaped ornaments, and part of a fourth, in
each half of both side-frames. Some of them are very indistinctly drawn, and
they vary much in shape. There are seventy-five very small white pearls round
the head, none of them being oval, and some of the being mere dots. The
fish-scale ornamentation in the spandrels is very poorly imitated by a lattice-work
of crossed, straight, oblique lines; the whole being much too dark, almost as
dark as the side-frames, instead of quite light. The wreath is very blotchy.
There seem to be six leaves, without veining. The shading of the hair is in
dark, solid patches, instead of lines. There are no visible leaves at the
back of the neck, where the ribbons come out of the hair. The letters of the
lower inscription touch the outline of the label above them; but they are no
taller than those of the upper inscription. There is a dash, instead of a
stop, under the little 's' of 'Cs'. The end of the ribbon, which comes across
the neck, is not at all wavy.
Gooding #14F2; Bartels C17.1 A dangerous imitation. Color nearer scarlet.
Dots of the circle are quite irregular and too small. Letters in the upper
label vary in height. The 'C' and 'OS' of 'CORREOS' are lower than the other
letters. The bell shaped ornaments generally open wider than in the genuine
stamp. Dots of the circle are quite irregular and too small. The loop in ‘5’ is narrow and the top
horizontal line is long and solid.
Gooding #14F3; Bartels C17.2; Earee (Page
212); Hanciau; Collin (Page 640) The 'C' of 'CORREOS' is too near to the left frame and too tall
and the second 'R' is too large. The second 'R' of 'INTERIOR' is too wide at
the bottom. The circle almost touches the line at the top and bottom, with
only one row of the fish-scale network above the top of the central circle
and two below the bottom of it. There are nine-two pearls round the central
circle, and they are all distinctly separate from each other, except two near
the chignon; whereas in the genuine, some of them run together. The Queen's
lip is pointed somewhat upwards. The bust is too much pointed. Known unused
or cancelled. Also known privately perforated (Perf 14). Largest Known Multiple: Block of 4 (Nigel Gooding Collection). (Similar
plate to Gooding #15F1, #16F1 and #17F1).
Gooding #14F4 The 'CO' of 'CORREOS' is lower than the other letters. The first
'R' of 'INTERIOR' has a wide top loop. The circle almost touches the line at
the top and bottom, with only one row of the fish-scale network above the top
of the central circle and below the bottom of it. The bust is pointed and
closer to the circle of pearls than the genuine. The '5' in '5 Cs' has a long
staff and wide bottom loop and there is no period to the right of the 's'
Known cancelled.
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