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COLOMBIA

Although about a dozen different Colombian telegraph seals appear on the market from time to time, usually mint but sometimes whole used, they are seldom found on telegrams or envelopes permitting reliable dating. A meticulous study of these has been made by Alan Anyon who has identified seven different designs most of which are found in different colours and different perforations. He has had rather more success than I at establishing precise dates of use and it is his dates which are given below. Those below are again in random order although stylistically #6 is probably the earliest and #7 the latest.

Updates. The above was written by Steve Hiscocks. I have added the colour images at 300dpi scale. items are still not in chronological order. Partial tentative pricing added.

 

Type #1 (24mm) Lithographed.

Examples of Type #1  Lithographed with imprint of 'LIT. NATIONAL' at bottom right. The violet one seen used 1929.

 

RH #	Type.	was	Description	Mint	Used	On telegram
RH1	1	1	Scarlet shades. Perf. 10	6.00	6.00	-
RH1a		1a	Perf. 10 x 13½	6.00	6.00	-
RH2	1	2	1929 Deep Violet shades. Perf. 10	-	-	-
RH2a		2a	Perf. 10 x 13½	7.00	7.00	-
RH3	1	3	Deep Blue shades. Perf. 10	7.00	7.00	-
RH3a		3a	Perf. 10 x 13½	7.00	7.00	-
RH4	1	4	Dark Brown shades. Perf. 10	6.00	6.00	-
RH4a		4a	Perf. 10 x 13½	4.50	4.50	-

Hiscocks added the following note:

Note. All the above show distinct shades which Anyon lists.                 The (a) varieties do not always show the same shades.

 

Type #2 1934 (24mm) Lithographed with imprint of 'LIT. NATIONAL' 6mm long in the centre.

I have 8 examples of RH6a, Perf. 11½ as the seal on the left. I also have the one on the right that seems to have lost most of the imprint let alone anything else.

 

Type #2 (RH7), Perf. 11½ I have 4 of these.	Type #2 (RH7a), Perf. 11½  With 'AV-Gb.' I have 10 of these.

Type #2 (RH7b?), *Perf. 10.8 I have 3 with 'AV-Gb.' and 6 without.	Type #2 (RH7c), Perf. 12½ I have 5 of these, all without 'AV-Gb.'	Type #2 (RH7d?), Perf. 10x11½ I have only this 1 of these.

*Since I have 9 examples with Perf. 10.8 I have to assume that RH7b should be Perf. 10¾ rather than the Perf. 10½ that Steve Hiscocks quoted. I have therefore corrected it.

My single example with apparently Perf. 10x11½ is not so straightforward. Whilst the perforations on the right side are nicely regular, the top is very rough, and the bottom
has a lot of wide 'teeth' and perhaps one or two narrow ones. The left side is also fairly irregular. RH7d appears to be the most likely candidate.

RH #	Type.	was	Description	Mint	Used	On telegram
RH5	2	5	Bright Lilac. Perf. 11½	-	-	-
RH5a		5a	With 'AV-Gb.' at bottom right.	-	-	-
RH6	2	6	Vermilion / Buff. Perf. 11½	-	-	-
RH6a		6a	With 'AV-Gb.' at bottom right.	6.00	6.00	-
RH7	2	7	Deep Blue . Perf. 11½	6.50	6.50	-
RH7a		7a	With 'AV-Gb.' at bottom right.	4.00	4.00	-
RH7b		7b	*Perf. 10¾ (both with and without 'AV-Gb.' at bottom right)	5.00	5.00	-
RH7c		7c	Perf. 12½ (both with and without 'AV-Gb.' at bottom right)	6.00	6.00	-
RH7d		7d	Perf. 10½ x 11½ (both with and without 'AV-Gb.' at bottom right)	-	-	-
RH7e		7e	Perf. 11½ x 10½ (both with and without 'AV-Gb.' at bottom right)	-	-	-
RH7f		7f	Perf. 10 x 11 (both with and without 'AV-Gb.' at bottom right)	-	-	-

 

 

Hiscocks Type #3 (23mm 1917-22). imprint 'LIT. COLOMBIA-BOGOTA ' (7mm long) 4 different shades, the one dated 3.12.1922 looks like having an extra flag-pole on the left

 

RH #	Type.	was	Description	Mint	Used	On telegram
RH8	3	8	Shades of Brown. Perf. 11	5.00	5.00	-
RH8a		8a	1917-22, Shades of Brown. Perf. 11½	-	-	-
RH8b		8b	Perf. 12	-	-	-
RH8c		8c	Perf. 11½ x 12 (darker red-brown)	6.00	6.00	-
RH8d		8d	1919-21, Shades of Brown. Perf. 12 x 11½	-	-	-

Hiscocks adds the following note:

Note. Anyon lists about 30 shade x perforation combinations of this seal.

 

#4 23.8mm   (Though the one on the right is short and badly centred), Type #4 differs from Types #3 and #5 in the central arms, the position of the eagle and length of flag-poles in particular.		#5 1918, 23.5mm	#6 1918, 32mm

Type #4 similar to last except 24mm with 10mm imprint, 'LIT. COLOMBIA-BOGOTA'. Perf.11. (I have 1 example)
Type #5 similar again but 10mm imprint of 'LIT. J,CASSIS, BOGOTA'. Perf.12. (I have 1 example)
Type #6 no imprint, but by 'LIT. COLOMBIA-BOGOTA'. Perf.11½
For comparison, I have 17 examples of Type #3 above.

RH #	Type.	was	Description	Mint	Used	On telegram
RH9	4	9	Shades of Brown. Perf. 11	-	-	-
RH9a		9a	Perf. 12	-	-	-
RH9b		9b	Perf. 14	-	-	-
RH10	5	10	1918 Deep Brown. Perf. 12	-	-	-
RH11	6	11	1918 Black on white. Perf. 11½	-	-	-

 

 

#7 35mm

 

RH #	Type.	was	Description	Mint	Used	On telegram
RH12	7	12	Lithographed. Reddish Brown. Perf. 11½	-	-	-

 

Cock Matches #8 28mm. Perf. 11¾

I do not normally include advertising stickers, but since it bears the words 'TELEGRAFOS NACIONALES',
I presume it has official standing, though I could be wrong. Bucaramanga is a city in the North-East.

RH #	Type.	was	Description	Mint	Used	On telegram
RH13	8	-	Mauve. Perf. 11¾	-	-	-

 

 

If anyone can provide scans to help with this, I am happy to give appropriate credit.