Ecuadoran Telegraph Checklist

Ecuador Checklist.


5s - H8	Postal RH9	Type 4 on H10

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1892 - overprinted 'TELEGRAFOS'	Mint	Used
RH1	H1	1, 2	1c bluish grey (C)	0.50	1.50
RH2	H2	1, 2	2c yellowish green (black)	0.50	1.50
RH3	H3	1, 2	5c yellow (black overprint)	1.00	4.50
RH3a	H3a		double overprint	15.00	-
RH4	H4	1, 2	10c steel blue / bluish (C)	0.50	1.80
RH5	H5	1, 2	20c greenish brown (black)	0.50	1.80
RH6	H6	1, 2	50c bluish green (black)	1.25	1.80
RH6a	H6a		imperf. between vert pair	20.00	-
RH7	H7	1, 2	1s orange-brown (black)	0.75	2.20
RH7a	H7a		imperf. between vert pair	20.00	-
RH8	H8	1, 2	5s carmine (black overprint)	2.50	5.00

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	RH8 POSTAL overprinted	Mint	Used
RH9	H9	(1), 3	5c on 5s carmine	-	-

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1893 - overprinted Type 4	Mint	Used
RH10	H10	(1), 4	10c blue-green	10.00	5.00
RH10a	H10a		overprint inv at base	50.00	-
RH10b	-	(1), 4A	overprint 4A	-	-


Type 5 - RH13	Type 6 - RH15	Type 12 - RH25

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1893 - New design	Mint	Used
RH11	H11	5	10c yellow	6.00	4.00
RH11a	-		imperf.	-	-
RH12	H12	5	20c vermilion	1.50	1.50
RH13	H13	5	40c deep blue	1.50	2.00

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1894 - New design	Mint	Used
RH14	H14	6	10c yellow-green	6.00	3.00
RH15	H15	7	20c vermilion	2.00	1.50
RH15a	H15a		dull scarlet	10.00	6.00
RH16	H16	8	40c reddish-brown	9.00	6.00

Forbin	Iss.	Description	Hiscocks	T
F23B	1886	F9 surcharged 1886-1887.	-	Yes
F30	1887	Engraved 1887-1888.	-	Yes
F37	1889	F30 surcharged 1889-1890.	-
F44	1891	F30 surcharged 1891-1892.	-	Yes
F51	1891	Engraved 1891-1892.	H17, H18	Yes
F58A	1893	F30 surcharged 1893 y 1894.	H19?, H20	Yes
F66	1893	Engraved 1893-1894.	H19?
F73	1895	Engraved 1895-1896.	-


RH17a, (F23B)	RH18, (F30)	RH20, (F44)


RH21, Type 9	Type 4A	Type 10	RH22 Type 4A

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1895 - overprints	Mint	Used
RH17	-	9, 4A	10c orange(1886/7, F23B)	-	-
RH17a	-		1886 1887 double	-	-
RH18	-	9, 4A	10c orange (1887-8, F30)	-	-
RH19	-	9, 4A	10c orange (1889-90, 37)	-	-
RH20	H18	9, 4A	10c orange (1891/2, F44)	-	-
RH21	H17	9	10c orange (1891/2, 51)	15.00	5.00
RH21a	H17a		overprint double	30.00	15.00
RH22	H19	11	10c orange(1893/4, F58A)	25.00	20.00
RH23	H20	11, 4A	10c orange (1893/4, F66)	-	-

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	Manuscript 1896	Mint	Used
RH24	-	9	10c orange (RH21)	-	-
RH25	-	6	10c yellow-green (RH14)	-	-
RH26	-	7	20c vermilion (RH15)	-	-
RH27	-	8	40c reddish-brown (RH16)	-	-

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1897 - overprinted	Mint	Used
RH28	H21	12,10	20c steel blue	3.0	5.00
RH29	H22	12,(4)	20c steel blue	-	-

Type 17A

Type 17 is very similar to

Type 13 but the '9's curl upwards at the bottom.

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1897 - RH14-16 ovptd	Mint	Used
RH30	H23	6, 13	10c yellow-green	30.00	15.00
RH31	H24	6, 14	10c yellow-green	45.00	22.50
RH32	H25	6, 15	10c yellow-green	37.50	22.50
RH33	H26	6, 16	10c yellow-green	60.00	30.00
RH34	H27	6, 17	10c yellow-green	45.00	30.00
RH34A	-	6, 17A	10c yellow-green	-	-
RH35	H28	7, 13	20c vermilion	10.00	5.00
RH36	H29	7, 14	20c vermilion	15.00	7.50
RH37	H30	7, 15	20c vermilion	12.50	7.50
RH38	H31	7, 16	20c vermilion	20.00	10.00
RH38a	-	7, 16	overprint inverted	-	-
RH39	H32	7, 17	20c vermilion	15.00	7.50
RH40	H33	7, 18	20c vermilion	-	50.00
RH41	H34	8, 13	40c reddish brown	20.00	10.00
RH42	H35	8, 14	40c reddish brown	30.00	15.00
RH43	H36	8, 15	40c reddish brown	25.00	15.00
RH44	H37	8, 16	40c reddish brown	40.00	20.00
RH45	H38	8, 17	40c reddish brown	30.00	15.00


		Type 21, RH48

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1897 - RH15 ovptd	Mint	Used
RH46	H39	7, 19	10c on 20c vermilion	7.50	5.00
RH47	H40	7, 20	10c on 20c vermilion	7.50	5.00
RH47a	H40a		strong '1' in '1897'	15.00	10.00

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1900 - New design	Mint	Used
RH48	H41	21	10c black and pale blue	2.50	5.00
RH49	H42	22	20c black and orange	1.30	3.75
RH50	H43	23	40c black and carmine	1.30	3.75


Type 24, RH53a	Type 25, RH56	Type 25, RH56b/c

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1911-1912 Fiscals	Mint	Used
RH51	H44	24	1c sepia (1911-1912)	3.75	5.00
RH51a	H44a		2nd 'E' larger & thin	7.50	10.00
RH51b	H44b		'O' larger and thin	7.50	10.00

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1919 Fiscals dated 1911-1912	Mint	Used
RH52	H45	24	1c sepia (1913-1914)	5.00	7.50
RH52a	H45a		2nd 'E' larger & thinner	10.00	12.50
RH52b	H45b		'O' larger and thinner	10.00	12.50
RH53	H46	24	2c bright scarlet (1911-1912)	5.00	5.00
RH53a	H46a		2nd 'E' larger & thinner	10.00	10.00
RH53b	H46b		'O' larger and thinner	10.00	10.00

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	'TELEGRAFOS / 1919-1920'	Mint	Used
RH54	H47	25	1c sepia (1911-1912)	3.75	5.00
RH54a	H47a		2nd 'E' larger & thinner	7.50	10.00
RH54b	H47b		'O' larger and thinner	7.50	10.00
RH55	H48	25	1c sepia (1913-1914)	3.75	5.00
RH55a	H48a		2nd 'E' larger & thinner	7.50	10.00
RH55b	H48b		'O' larger and thinner	7.50	10.00

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	'TEL... / 1919-1920' Cont'd.	Mint	Used
RH56	H49	25	2c bright scarlet (1911-1912)	5.00	7.50
RH56a	H49a		2nd 'E' larger & thinner	7.50	10.00
RH56b	H49b		'O' larger and thinner	7.50	10.00
RH56c	H49c		spaced '2' & '0' in '1920'	7.50	10.00
RH57	H50	25	2c bright scarlet (1913-1914)	10.00	12.50
RH57a	H50a		2nd 'E' larger & thinner	12.50	15.00
RH57b	H50b		'O' larger and thinner	12.50	15.00
RH57c	H50c		spaced '2' & '0' in '1920'	12.50	15.00


Type 26, RH59	Type 27, RH62	Type 28, RH65

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	'TELEGRAFOS / 1920-1921'	Mint	Used
RH58	H51	26	10c black (1911-1912) (C)	25.00	25.00
RH59	H52	26	10c black (1913-1914) (C)	40.00	40.00

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	Region Oriental / 1919-1920	Mint	Used
RH60	H53	27	1c sepia (1913-1914)	10.00	5.00
RH61	H54	27	1c deep blue (1917-1918)	20.00	15.00
RH62	H55	27	2c green (1917-1918)	7.50	5.00
RH63	H56	27	5c green (1913-1914)	15.00	10.00
RH64	H57	27	5c brown (1917-1918)	7.50	5.00
RH64a	H57b		overprint 12mm to left	10.00	-
RH65	H58	28	10c red and blue (centre)	15.00	15.00


Type 30, H67	Type 31, H70

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	'Region Oriental' / 'Impuesto Adicional'	Mint	Used
RH66	H59	30	1c orange-yellow	10.00	5.00
RH67	H60	30	2c deep blue	10.00	5.00
RH68	H61	30	10c vermilion	10.00	4.00

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1922 - 'Timbre Fiscal'	Mint	Used
RH69	H62	31	1c orange-yellow	10.00	5.00
RH70	H63	31	2c deep blue	10.00	5.00
RH71	H64	31	10c vermilion	10.00	4.00

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	CENTENARIO GUAYAQUIL	Mint	Used
RH72	H65	31, 32	1c orange-yellow (RH69)	15.00	15.00
RH73	H66	24, 33	1c sepia (RH51, 24 down) (1911-1912)	15.00	15.00
RH73a	H66a		second 'E' in 'TELEGRAFOS' large/thin	20.00	20.00
RH73b	H66b		'O' larger and thinner	20.00	20.00
RH74	H67	25, 33	1c sepia (RH54, 25) (1911-1912)	15.00	15.00
RH74a	H67a		second 'E' larger and thinner	20.00	20.00
RH74b	H67b		'O' larger and thinner	20.00	20.00
RH74c	H67c		33 reading downwards	30.00	30.00
RH75	H68	25, 33	1c sepia (RH55, 25) (1913-1914)	15.00	15.00
RH75a	H68a		second 'E' larger and thinner	20.00	20.00
RH75b	H68b		'O' larger and thinner	20.00	20.00
RH75c	-		33 reading downwards	30.00	30.00
RH76	H69	27, 33	1c deep blue (RH61, 27) (1917-1918)	15.00	15.00
RH76a	-	27, 33	33 reading downwards	30.00	30.00
RH77	H70	31, 33	1c orange-yellow (RH69)	15.00	15.00
RH77A	-	30, 33	1c orange-yellow (RH66)	20.00	20.00


Type 34, RH78	Type 35, RH81	Type 36, RH80b

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1926-28 - Revenues overprinted	Mint	Used
RH78	H71	34	5c sepia (o/p 31 x 3mm)	10.00	8.00
RH79	H72	34	5c sepia (o/p in green)	20.00	10.00
RH80	H73	35	10c indigo (o/p 31 x 3mm)	20.00	5.00
RH80a	H73a		ovpt double (up/down)	-	50.00
RH80b	-	(36)	overprint 26 x 3.6mm	-	-
RH81	H74	35	10c indigo (o/p in carmine)	40.00	15.00
RH81a	H74a		overprint in magenta	40.00	15.00
RH82	H75	(35)	10c indigo (C)(24.5 x 2.8)	-	40.00
RH83	H76	36	10c orange (26 x 3.6mm)	30.00	20.00
RH84	H77	(34)	10c orange (31 x 3mm)	15.00	10.00
RH85	H78	(36)	20c deep olive (26 x 3.6)	25.00	20.00
RH86	H79	(34)	20c olive (R) (31 x 3mm)	15.00	12.00
RH87	H80	(36)	1s brown ( 26 x 3.6mm)	50.00	50.00
RH88	H81	(34)	1s brown (C) (31 x 3mm)	40.00	40.00


Type 31, RH92	Type 31a, RH102	Type 37, RH105

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1928-45 - more Type 31	Mint	Used
RH89	H82	31	10c brown shades.(1928)	5.00	2.50
RH89a	H82a		perf. 14	10.00	5.00
RH89b	H82b		perf. 14¾	10.00	5.00
RH90	H83	31	10c brn-olive (Die II)	7.50	3.75
RH91	H84	31	10c green	3.75	1.00
RH92	H85	31	10c deep lilac	10.00	10.00
RH93	H86	31	10c slate-violet	15.00	15.00
RH94	H87	31	20c yellow-orange	5.00	2.50

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1928-45 - more Type 31	Mint	Used
RH95	H88	31	30c steel-blue	10.00	5.00
RH96	H89	(31)	30c steel-blue (Die II)	10.00	5.00
RH97	H90	31	30c ultramarine	10.00	5.00
RH98	H91	31	30c sepia	10.00	5.00
RH99	H92	31	30c blackish lilac	7.50	3.75
RH100	H93	31	30c slate-violet	10.00	5.00

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1928-45 - more Type 31	Mint	Used
RH101	H95	31a	1s red-orange (1938)	15.00	10.00
RH102	H96	31a	1s carmine (c1945)	20.00	10.00
RH103	H97	31a	1s orange-yellow (1928)	15.00	10.00
RH104	H94	31a	2s red-brown	25.00	15.00
RH105	H98	31a	5s bistre-brown (c1940)	40.00	20.00
RH106	H99	31a	5s vermilion (1945?)	35.00	15.00
RH107	H100	31a	5s turquoise-blue (c1947)	50.00	25.00

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1938 'Patriotica'	Mint	Used
RH108	H101	37	10c deep blue (red)	3.75	3.75
RH108a	H101a		ovpt. double (red)	35.00	-
RH108b	-		pair, with/without ovpt	-	-
RH109	H102	37	1s deep violet (red)	5.00	5.00
RH109a	H102a		red + black ovpt.	50.00	-

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1938-45 - sales tax stamps	Mint	Used
RH110	H103	38	10c grey	6.00	4.50
RH110a	H103a		perf. 14	15.00	10.00
RH111	H104	39	30c on 20c carmine	6.00	4.50
RH111a	-	39	overprint inverted	-	-
RH112	H105	40	30c on 5s red	6.00	4.50
RH112a	H105a		overprint double	50.00	-
RH113	H105A	40	30c on 10s yellow	8.00	5.00
RH114	H106	40	30c on 10s bistre	10.00	7.50
RH115	H106A	40	30c on 20s blue	10.00	7.50
RH115a	-		overprint double	80.00	-
RH115b	-		ultramarine	12.00	8.00

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1938-45 - Tobacco tax	Mint	Used
RH116	H107	41	10c on 1c red	8.00	5.00
RH116a	-		overprint double	15.00	15.00
RH116a	-		overprint triple	50.00	50.00


Type 42, De La Rue imprint.	Type 43

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1939 - De La Rue imprint.	Mint	Used
RH117	H108	42	10c carmine-red	8.00	4.00
RH118	H109	42	30c yellow-brown	10.00	5.00

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1940-43 'Moviles'	Mint	Used
RH119	H110	43	5c sepia (ovpt 25 x 2.5mm)	10.00	5.00
RH119a	-		reading upwards.	12.00	6.00
RH120	H111	43	10c orange (red)	10.00	5.00
RH121	H112	44	10c orange (25 x 2.5mm)	10.00	5.00
RH121a	-		reading upwards.	12.00	6.00
RH122	H113	45	10c orange	10.00	5.00
RH123	H114	46	10c on 80c purple (de la Rue)	20.00	10.00
RH124	-	46A	1s on 80c orange	15.00	8.00
RH125	-	(44)	20c sepia (ovpt 25 x 2.5mm)	12.00	5.00
RH126	H115	43	1s brownish-black	20.00	10.00
RH127	H116	43	5s carmine	30.00	5.00


Type 47	Type 48	Type 49	RH132c

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1943 - RH113 ovptd '1943'	Mint	Used
RH128	H117	47	10c orange	20.00	10.00

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	'Moviles', 1943 & 1944	Mint	Used
RH129	H118	48	10c orange (1943) (red)	15.00	10.00
RH130	H119	48	30c olive (1944) (black)	15.00	10.00

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1945 'Patriotica'	Mint	Used
RH131	H120	49	1s deep violet (black)	10.00	10.00
RH131a	H120a		overprint in red	12.00	12.00
RH131b	H120b		overprint in blue	15.00	15.00
RH132	H121	49	2s green (ovpt black)	12.00	12.00
RH132a	H121a		overprint in red	15.00	15.00
RH132b	H121b		overprint in blue	18.00	18.00
RH132c	-		new overprint (black)	25.00	25.00


Type 50	Type 51

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1945 - as type 31 but bigger	Mint	Used
RH133	H122	50	10c carmine (perf. 12½)	10.00	3.00
RH134	H123	(51)	10c sepia (perf. 12½)	10.00	10.00
RH135	-	(51)	30c dark green (perf. 12½)	10.00	10.00
RH136	H124	51	1s carmine (perf. 10¾)	15.00	10.00


Type 52 - RH137	Type 53 - RH138 & RH139

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1945 - ovpt on stamp of 1938	Mint	Used
RH137	H125	52	10c on 50c purple	10.00	5.00

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1949 - Consular stamps	Mint	Used
RH138	H126	53	20c on 25c lake-brown	8.00	5.00
RH139	-	(53)	1s on 1s green	12.00	8.00

Hiscocks type 54 from page 106
Type 54 (H140 and H143).

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1949 - New design	Mint	Used
RH140	H127	54	10c green	10.00	5.00
RH141	H128		20c ?	-	-
RH142	H129		30c ?	-	-
RH143	H130	54	1s olive-sepia	25.00	5.00
RH144	H131		2s ?	-	-
RH145	H142		5s ?	-	-

Hiscocks type 55 from page 107
Type 55

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	Institut de Gravure	Mint	Used
RH146	H135	55	30c brown	10.00	5.00
RH147	H137	55	2s bright carmine	18.00	10.00
RH148	H138	55	5s deep turquoise-blue	20.00	12.50

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	Type 54 ovptd '1953'	Mint	Used
RH149	-	54 +	1s olive-sepia	25.00	5.00

Hiscocks H137B Hiscocks H138B
Type 55A.

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	Heraclio Fournier	Mint	Used
RH150	-	55A	10c orange-brown	8.00	5.00
RH151	-	55A	20c green	8.00	4.50
RH152	-	55A	2s deep blue-green	18.00	10.00
RH153	-	55A	5s brown	20.00	12.50


Type 55B	Type 56

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	De La Rue & Co.	Mint	Used
RH154	-	55B	10c green	6.00	4.00
RH155	-	55B	20c bright pale blue	8.00	4.50
RH156	-	55B	30c brown	10.00	5.00
RH157	-	55B	1s magenta	15.00	8.00
RH158	-	55B	2s orange	18.00	10.00
RH159	-	55B	5s scarlet	20.00	12.50

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1954 - Moviles	Mint	Used
RH160	H139	56	1s on 80c brown	15.00	8.00

Official Telegraph Stamps.

Hiscocks types 60 and 61 from page 107

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1895 - Fiscals of 1887-1888	Mint	Used
RH161	H150	60, 61	10c on 1c deep blue-green (red)	20.00	20.00
RH162	H151	60, 61	20c on 2c carmine (blue)	20.00	20.00


RH163	RH165

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1897 - overprinted in black or blue	Mint	Used
RH163	H152	62, 63	1c deep blue-green (black)	5.00	5.00
RH164	H153	62, 63	1c deep blue-green (blue)	15.00	15.00
RH165	H154	62, 63	2c carmine (black)	15.00	15.00
RH166	H155	62, 63	2c carmine (blue)	25.00	25.00

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