First Spanish Republic

1874

Further shortages created the necessity to re-validate the remaining stocks of stamps at hand, by overprinting them "HABILITADO POR LA NACION" in black.

 

STAMP ISSUES OF 1859 OVERPRINTED "HABILITADO POR LA NACION"

5-cuartos vermilion issue of January 1, 1859. No catalogue lists this stamp. Palmer, (1912), makes mention of this issue, stating "while no copies of the 5-cuartos of 1859 with the surcharge are known, a German philatelist of Manila informed me that he had seen and sold a few such copies".

In an article by Don Peterson, he indicates that he has purchased a used copy of the 5-cuartos stamp, which appears genuine, tied with a black fiscal cancel. Peterson further states that "it seems logical that some remaining stocks of the 1859, 5-cuartos issue could have been overprinted. The discovery of this overprinted stamp indicates that an unknown, but small number were overprinted, probably in 1873 or 1874".


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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