Habilitado Por La Nacion

1874

As new stocks had still not arrived from Spain, it was again necessary to re-validate the remaining stocks of stamps at hand, by overprinting them "HABILITADO POR LA NACION" in black.

 

STAMP ISSUES OF 1854 OVERPRINTED "HABILITADO POR LA NACION"

5-cuartos orange issue of February 1, 1854. (Edifil #20A)

1-real slate blue issue of February 1, 1854. (Scott #25; SG #52 Edifil #20B)

2-reales green issue of February 1, 1854. (Scott #25A; Edifil #20C)

Note:
The Stanley Gibbons Catalogue indicates that the stamps were issued in January 1874. A used single of the 1-real was offered in a 1979 auction by Filatelia Hobby, Madrid, with a circular date cancel of "August 1869". A mint copy of the 5-cuartos and 2-reales 1854 issue, both with Graus Certificates, were offered for sale by Filatelica Llach in 1988.

 

VARIETIES AND ERRORS


1-real issue of 1854 is known to exist with the "CORROS" error and overprinted "HABILITADO POR LA NACION". (A mint copy was sold by Philstamps in the May 21, 1988 Postal Auction).
(Edifil #20Be)

 

STAMP ISSUES OF 1859 OVERPRINTED "HABILITADO POR LA NACION"

5-cuartos vermilion issue of January 1, 1859. (Scott #27A)

10-cuartos rose issue of January 1, 1859. Since the original stamps were issued in blocks of four varieties in the sheet, overprints exist on each of these. (Scott #28; SG #53; Edifil #20F)

 

VARIETIES AND ERRORS


10-cuartos issue, horizontal pair, left stamp without overprint (Graus certificate).


(Stamp Courtesy of the Nestor Nunez Collection)

 

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