Queen Isabella II
3-1/8 Centimos de Peso
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Gooding #21F1 Lithographed on strongly colored wove paper, rather thinner than
that of the genuine. Most of the stalked pearls in the side-frames touch
either the inner or outer curved lines of the frame. The thin, inner line of
the frame, below the value, is incomplete, and only shows a short piece under
'CENT', and another short piece under 'Po Fe'. The 'T' of 'CENT' has no
bottom stroke. The line which marks the black part of the upper lip is too
short, and does not go to the end of the profile. The stop before 'CORREOS'
is a good deal nearer the 'C' than to the end of the label; and the stop
after 'CORREOS' is rather nearer to the 'S' than to the end of the label. The
bottom loop of the '3' is broken and ends in a large dot. (Similar die as
Gooding #22F1, 23F1 and 24F1)
Gooding #21F2 A rather crude forgery and easily identifiable. Most of the
stalked pearls in the side-frames touch the inner or outer curved lines of
the frame. There is no stop after 'CENT', and the stops under 'o' and 'e' of
'Po Fe' are represented by dashes, or hyphens, level with the bottoms of the
large capitals, instead of being level with their centers. There are no curved
lines of shading round the star-ornaments in the corners of the stamp. The
chain pattern, round the outer edge of the dark central oval, is altogether
absent.
Gooding #21F3 Miguel Segui Forgery. Typographed on medium yellowish paper.
The second 'R' in 'CORREOS' is larger than the first. The bottom pearl on the
top right corner is lacking shading. The eyebrow is formed by an even width
line. The white curved line at the neckline is cut too wide. There is a break
in second line from the top at the bottom left corner, where it does not
touch the right side of the star. (Similar die as Gooding #22F2 and #24F2)
Gooding #21F4 Most of the stalked pearls in the side-frames touch the inner or
outer curved lines of the frame. The second 'R' in 'CORREOS' is broken just
below the top loop. The curved lines of shading round the star-ornament in
top right corner of the stamp is incomplete and missing a few lines. The eyelid
is very narrow, giving the appearance of a much larger eye than the original.
The lettering in 'CENT' is thinner than the genuine, giving appearance of
taller letters. The 'o' in '
Gooding #21F5 Very crude Perforated forgery. Very blotchy due to over-inking
around stars in upper right, bottom left and bottom right corners. Black
horizontal scratch line cutting across ORR or CORREOS.
Gooding #21F6 Previously thought to be Essays of the 1864 issue. The lines around
the stars in each corner are almost omitted. The downward pearl in the top
left corner is broken and appears like a hook. Known to exist in shades of
black and rose, both unused and used with bogus cancellations.
Gooding #21F7 The horizontal lines in the first R in CORREOS are broken.
The bottom line in the value tablet is broken below the 8 and P of
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