Queen Isabella II Covers

February 1, 1854

5-Cuartos

Approximately 35 Covers Exist
(18 Recorded Covers)

 

DATELINE: 10 APRIL 1854
VIGAN TO MANILA
Single Weight Interior Postage Rate

5-Cuartos orange
Tied with Circular Dotted Cancel and Small Baeza (14 April 1854) Receiving Circular Date Stamp

Soler y Llach Auctions – February 4, 1999 (Lot 76)

8 OCTOBER 1854
MANILA TO SULBEC (ILOCOS SUR)
Single Weight Interior Postage Rate

5-Cuartos tied with Circular Dotted Cancel and
Small Baeza Circular Date Stamp

Soler y Llach Auction – July 1, 2008 (Lot 0050) [Opening Bid €2,500 – Unsold]

 

CIRCA 1854
ADDRESSED TO CAGSAUA (ALBAY)
Single Weight Interior Postage Rate

5-Cuartos tied with Circular Dotted Cancel

Afinsa (Soler y Llach) Auctions – October 30, 2001 (Lot 315)
Soler y Llach Auctions – February 2003

 

CIRCA 1854
CEBU CIRCULATING
Single Weight Interior Postage Rate

5-Cuartos tied with Circular Dotted Cancel

Soler & Llach Auction – February 20, 1992 (Lot 3027) [Sold for 190,000 Pesetas]

CIRCA 1854
MANILA TO SAN MIGUEL
Single Weight Interior Postage Rate
Cover addressed to Dona Margarita Roxas de Ayala, founder of La Concordia College

5-Cuartos tied with Circular Dotted Cancel and
Large Baeza Receiving Circular Date Stamp

Manila Auctions – December 1999
Nigel Gooding Collection

 

CIRCA 1854
MANILA TO SAN MIGUEL
Single Weight Interior Postage Rate
Cover addressed to Dona Margarita Roxas de Ayala, founder of La Concordia College

5-Cuartos tied with Circular Dotted Cancel and
Large Baeza Receiving Circular Date Stamp

Philippine Numismatic and Antiquarian Society (PNAS) Auctions – May 2001
Nigel Gooding Collection

  

28 DECEMBER 1854
MANILA TO BACNOTAN, LA UNION
Single Weight Interior Postage Rate

5-Cuartos tied with Circular Dotted Cancel and
Small Baeza Circular Date Stamp

Solery y Llach Auctions – February 20, 2002 (Lot 70)
Ivy and Mader Auction - December 2001 (Lot 2080)

 

19 JANUARY 1855
MANILA TO CAVITE
Single Weight Interior Postage Rate

5-Cuartos tied with Circular Dotted Cancel and
Large Baeza Circular Date Stamp

Ferrars H. Tows Collection Auction – November 10-13, 1948 (Lot 79)

Antonio Cuesta Collection

27 FEBRUARY 1855
MANILA TO SANTA CRUZ
Single Weight Interior Postage Rate

5-Cuartos tied with Circular Dotted Cancel and
Large Baeza Receiving Circular Date Stamp

Cherrystone Auctions – November 15, 2006 (Lot 885)

CIRCA 1855
MANILA TO CAVITE
Single Weight Interior Postage Rate

5-Cuartos tied with Circular Dotted Cancel and
Indistinct Large Baeza Circular Date Stamp

Don Peterson Collection

CIRCA 1855
MANILA TO SAN MIGUEL
Single Weight Interior Postage Rate
Cover addressed to Dona Margarita Roxas de Ayala, founder of La Concordia College

5-Cuartos tied with Circular Dotted Cancel and
Large Baeza Receiving Circular Date Stamp

Bayanihan Collectors Club Inc (BCCI) Auction – May 27, 2007 (Lot 42)

 

8 JULY 1856
MANILA TO SULBEC (ILOCOS SUR)
Single Weight Interior Postage Rate

5-Cuartos tied with Circular Dotted Cancel and
Small Baeza Circular Date Stamp

Soler & Llach Auction – February 20, 1992 (Lot 3028) [Sold for 240,000 Pesetas]

 

14 JANUARY 1857
MANILA TO PAGSANHAN (LAGUNA)
Single Weight Interior Postage Rate

5-Cuartos tied with Circular Dotted Cancel and
Small Baeza Circular Date Stamp in Blue

Afinsa Auctions – October 30, 2001 (Lot 316) [Sold for €1,900]

9 APRIL 1858
MANILA TO SULBEC (ILOCOS SUR)
Single Weight Interior Postage Rate

5-Cuartos tied with Circular Dotted Cancel and Small Baeza Circular Date Stamp

Ex Burrus

Robson Lowe Ltd (Burrus Collection) Auction – May 5, 1964 (Lot 270)
Soler y Llach Auction – February 24, 2004 (Lot 724)
Soler y Llach Private Treaty Sale – September 2006 (Lot 97)

 

Registered Cover

20 FEBRUARY 1856
MANILA TO NUEVA CACERAS (CAMARINES SUR)
Single Weight Registered Interior Postage Rate

5-Cuartos and 2-Reales (Registration Fee) tied with Circular Dotted Cancel and
Large Baeza Circular Date Stamp

Only Known Combination Cover
Antonio Cuesta Collection

 

 Cover Addressed Overseas

19 NOVEMBER 1859
MANILA TO TURON (COCHIN-CHINA)

5-Cuartos tied with Circular Dotted Cancel and
Large Baeza Circular Date Stamp

Filatelia Hobby Auction – December 20, 1979
Soler & Llach Auction – February 20, 1992 (Lot 3204)

 

Inbound Covers

12 MAY 1854
SYDNEY (AUSTRALIA) TO MANILA

5-Cuartos tied with Circular Dotted Cancel and
Small Baeza (29 June, 1854) Receiving Circular Date Stamp

Letters under the ½-ounce weight from New South Wales was subject to an inbound rate of 1-Real. Due to the implementation of new postal rates brought about by the introduction of postage stamps from February 1, 1854, it is most likely that the postal officials assumed that the postage from the port of addressee was equivalent to postage of an inland letter. Hence the 5-Cuartos stamp was affixed.

Ex Burrus and N. Jacob Collections
David Feldman Auction – May 30, 1986

 

27 SEPTEMBER 1854
SYDNEY (AUSTRALIA) TO MANILA

5-Cuartos tied with Circular Dotted Cancel and
Small Baeza (25 January 1855) Receiving Circular Date Stamp

Letters between ½-ounce and 1-ounce weight from New South Wales was subject to an inbound rate of 2-Reales. However, confusion among postal officials concerning the postal rate led to the misuse of the proper due rate. Hence, the presence of the handstamped numeral ‘1’ (1-Real) due marking and the 5-Cuartos stamp (making the inbound due rate 5-Cuartos short).

Ex N. Jacob Collection
Harmers London Auction – April 4, 1981

 

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