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El Salvador.

Steve Hiscocks wrote:
There would seem to be more uncertainty surrounding the telegraph stamps of Salvador than those of any other country. The stamps of 1882,
designed specifically for telegraphic use, are not in doubt but Morley further lists these same stamps with 'contra sello' overprints, and I can find no
other reference to these. He then lists the postage stamps of 1874 and 1875 with 'contra sello 1874' and 'contra sello' overprints respectively and
again I can find no further reference. The 1883—4 issue of the postage stamps of 1879 with 'contra sello' overprints in black and in violet appear in
all lists and are well known but Morley also lists the postage stamps of 1888 with the same overprint and again no other evidence is forthcoming.
The 'Timbres Para Telegrammas' and 'Timbre Para Cablegrammas' of 1896 seem straightforward although a series of notes in Morley's Journal
through 1901 adds a number of further values and varieties. There is also, however, the statement, said to originate from a correspondent in Salvador,
that the fiscal stamps of 1891 and perhaps of other years were used for telegraphic purposes and only bore a control number when intended for
telegraphic use. If this is so then the Salvador Telegraph list extends considerably and the 12 year gap between 1884 and 1896 is filled up to some extent.

In light of all this uncertainty and the difficulty of obtaining information from Salvador at the time of writing, I am for the time being, taking an
uncritical view and listing everything. Doubtful items have not however been priced. I would greatly welcome further information.

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My notes:
Though the catalogues of Hiscocks, Scott and Barefoot each have overlapping information regarding the telegraphs,
unfortunately they are not entirely clear. My thanks to Carlos Quintanilla of the Asociación Filatélica Salvadoreña (AFISAL)
who has been very helpful in clarifying the topic of telegraph stamps in El Salvador.

I have re-arranged these into what I think is chronological order, but preserved references to Hiscocks numbering.
I have included some information on the early postal issues in an attempt to clarify some confusion that exists.

NOTE:—No coinage appears to have been minted in El Salvador between the Reales of 1873 and the Pesos of 1889.
For this reason, coins were in short supply. To alleviate this problem, stamps with various Contrasello
handstamps (reminiscent of the Type 5 Countermarks stamped on earlier coinage) were applied to postage stamps
which could then be used in place of coinage. This resulted in copious counterfeiting of the overprints.
Further overprint fakes were later produced to defraud collectors.

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According to this Historia de las telecomunicaciones en El Salvador :

The origin of telecommunications has its starting point in the year of 1870, on April 27 a telegraph service was established, linking the department of San Salvador with the Port of La Libertad. On August 24, 1885, the telephone service was established, which would connect the city of Santa Tecla and the capital San Salvador. On the 7th. of December of 1887 by executive decree a line was established that communicated San Salvador and Santa Ana, which was inaugurated on September 10, 1888. In 1889, a telephone and telegraph service office was established, which would cover the departments of San Salvador, Santa Ana, Ahuachapan and the city of Santa Tecla. On September 15, 1935, the first direct telephone line between the capitals of El Salvador and Guatemala was inaugurated. In 1942 the regulation for the establishment and operation of radio stations was decreed. Initially, the governing body and operator of telecommunications began with the name of the General Supervisor of National Telegraphs of El Salvador. On August 27, 1963, the National Telecommunications Administration ANTEl was created, which would have exclusive control of the electromagnetic spectrum and provide the service to the public. Mid-1990 a privatization process began. Arrival of internet to El Salvador December 1995, ANTEL receives the first devices to test connection and use of the internet, an agreement of mutual collaboration was signed between ANTEL and the members of SVNet, in January 1996, the first point of Internet presence was held in the country.

It continues on to the year 2001.

Lists of wireless-Telegraph stations for 1906, 1908, 1910 and 1912 show nothing in El Salvador.

 

4 types of Contrasello handstamps
The first 3 have been corrected from previous illustrations of faked handstamps.
HS-4 is an improved image of the same type courtesy of Carlos Quintanilla.

HS-1 1874	HS-2 1874	HS-3 1875?	HS-4 1882/3 (13mm)	Fake HS-4 (14mm)

HS-1 has double-lined letters with simple florets each side of the date.
HS-2 has double-lined letters with small circles each side of the date.
HS-3 has single-lined letters with a design each side of the date.
HS-4 is Hiscocks Type 2 and HS-3 should be taken as Hiscocks intended Type 3.

Counterfeits.

Counterfeits of the 1874 type handstamps are plentiful. There are also fakes of the HS-4 (one is shown, but there are probably others).
Collectors are not helped by the unfortunate fact that most illustrations of the 1874 types in popular catalogues are actually of counterfeit handstamps,
apparently the only exception being Minkus.

My thanks to Guillermo Gallegos of the El Salvador Philatelist for permission to use images that can put the record straight.
These images are derived from known genuine covers bearing stamps with these handstamps.


Counterfeit types A & D are illustrated by Gibbons, types B & E by Scott, and type C by Hiscocks, Yvert and Michel.

 

 

Postage stamps.

 

Hiscocks Type 4. Engraved and printed by American Bank Note Co., New York.
First Printing (Sept. 1866)
Second Printing (Apr. 1873)
       
According to the Scott catalogue, these were issued in 1867, un-watermarked, Perf. 12.
An in-depth pdf file on these stamps can be found at El Salvador Handbook-c2-a.

There are some crude forgeries of these. The originals had a background around the oval centre that was made up of multiples of the denomination.
Here is a set of fake stamps with no attempt made to reproduce that. Notice also the postmarks.

½r and 1r of mine.		2r courtesy of Rolf Lamprecht.	4r courtesy of Les Bottomley.

According to information from Carlos Quintanilla these were produced by Spiro Brothers by lithography. They have various perforations.
He also knows of another type of forgery which is also typographed, but better quality with a background more like the original stamps.
These are perforated with guage 8½ and are only ½r and 1r values are known (so far). The values and stars are badly drawn.
Can anyone provide a scan of the second forgery type ?

I have examples of the (genuine) set with HS-2 and HS-3 in black.
Currently, these still include counterfeit handstamps as I have not yet had time to sort them out.
They will give an idea at least.

 

     
The set with HS-2 in black.

 

     
The set with HS-3 in black.

 

In addition to the handstamps above, two special handstamps were used on remainders of the 1867 and 1874 issues,
purchased from the El Salvador government in 1883 by the Berlin stamp dealer and counterfeiter, David Cohn.

These are vaguely similar to the originals, but have 5 stars over the volcano.
To complicate things further, these were then counterfeited by Raoul de Thuin who copied images provided in an article appearing in
Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal (1907-8). This article erroneously had only 4 stars on type A.

An interesting auction item. Note the position of the imprints. These were perhaps all around the sheet. courtesy of Schuyler Rumsey Philatelic Auctions. (click on image for listing).

 

Back to Telegraph stamps.

Hiscocks listed this set with HS-3 or HS-4 in black as being telegraph stamps, but admits that his information was dubious and he may not have known about HS-1 or HS-2.
The Scott catalogue lists these stamps with both HS-2 and HS-3 in black as being postage stamps and their only reference to telegraph stamps is this set with HS-4,
with no reference as to the colour of the handstamp.

I will modify Hiscocks listing to reference violet rather than black handstamps for HS-3, with the understanding that the violet HS-3 may not exist.

 

c1874 Postage stamps of 1867 (SG 5-8) overprinted with 'CONTRA SELLO 1874', HS-3, in violet. White wove paper. No watermark. Perf. 12
NOTE: The same stamps with a black overprint were for postal use. The Scott catalogue lists these at less than $20 for the set mint and $11 used (2007).

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	Description	Mint	Used
RH1	(H7)	4, 3	½r blue (SG 5)	-	-
RH2	(H8)	4, 3	1r vermilion (SG 6)	-	-
RH3	(H9)	4, 3	2r green (SG 7)	-	-
RH4	(H10)	4, 3	4r brown (SG 8)	-	-

 

 

Date ? As above but overprinted as HS-4 in violet.

   
3 examples courtesy of Sandafayre.com.
Hiscocks says only overprints in black are telegraphs, Barefoot says only violet, whereas the Scott catalogue implies both are.
Note the imprint at the top of the ½r blue, it is rarely seen.

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	Description	Mint	Used
RH5	-	4, 2	½r blue (SG 5)	100.00	-
RH5a	H11		black overprint	40.00	30.00
RH6	-	4, 2	1r vermilion (SG 6)	100.00	-
RH6a	H12		black overprint	40.00	30.00
RH7	-	4, 2	2r green (SG 7)	-	-
RH7a	H13		black overprint	40.00	30.00
RH8	-	4, 2	4r brown (SG 8)	-	-
RH8a	H14		black overprint	40.00	30.00

Hiscocks added the following notes:

Note 1. No prices are given for those of which I am particularly dubious. However, reference is made in                 Stanley Gibbons' Central America Catalogue (Part 15) to the above — the overprint is not                 illustrated but is said to be different from those applied for postage use.

Note 2. The 'Contra Sello' overprints were applied to prevent the use of stolen (un-overprinted) stamps.                 They may be found at all angles.

My note: The Scott catalogue says that these stamps with this overprint were telegraph stamps. They make no distinction as to the colour of it.
I suspect that, like the 1883/4 stamps, they are both telegraphic.

 

by 1876 Printed by Rufino Flamenco on white wove paper. No watermark. Perf. 12.
Cancels are usually maritime, "CLYDE", "GRANADA", "S.S.COL... ?", "AGENCY OF P.M.S AT ACAJUTLA" being known.
It is uncertain as to when these stamps first came into use, but the "Diario Oficial" of June 14th 1876 states that
"Telegraph Stamps" are sold in the Telegraph office at any hour. These stamps were only used up until about the beginning of 1877.

   
1r of Type 1 (The one in the middle is from wikimedia.org, the imperf. from Arkadiy in Florida).
These are all H1 Type I with a closed 'G', but there are at least 4 other types to be found (see below).
Hiscocks listed this as type 1 because he did not know the dates of types 2 to 4. In fact types 2 to 4 pre-date type 1.
The 4r value has a different design with the volcano replaced by the coat of arms.

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	Description	Mint	Used
RH9	H1	1	1r green	75.00	60.00
RH9a	H1a		imperf.	250.00	200.00
RH10	H2	1	2r violet	120.00	90.00
RH11	H3	(1)	4r carmine	180.00	150.00

I have not actually seen any used examples of the 2r or 4r values.

Carlos Quintanilla pointed out that there are at least two distinct types of both the 2 Reales and 4 Reales stamps.
Seeing that he was right I looked more closely at these.

 

Looking closely at the 1 Real value:

Type A - 'G' of 'TELEGRAFOS' Closed - 6 examples seen (2 imperforate)	Type B - 'G' Open, streak above volcano plume - 3 examples seen (1 imperforate)
Type C - 'G' Open, 'V' of 'SALVADOR' reversed - 4 examples seen	Type D - 'G' Open, 'V' normal. closely-spaced diagonal rows at bottom-left - 3 examples seen (2 imperforate)
Type E - 'G' Open, frame breaks - 1 example seen	There are at least 5 types of these which I have lettered in the order of identifying them. Type A seems to be the commonest, with a closed 'G' in 'TELEGRAFOS'. Type B, top-right, has the 'G' open and broken lines in the sky. Type C also has the 'G' open but additionally it has the 'V' reversed. Type D, courtesy of Martin (masetr603 on eBay) has two closely-spaced diagonal rows of diamonds in the bottom-left quadrant, and a white patch in the top-right corner. Type E, courtesy of Carlos Quintanilla has 2 large and 4 small frame-breaks, some of which may be constant. There are other differences between these five types, the most noticeable being the plume of the volcano, but also the corners, pattern around the oval and other lettering the sea and the volcano itself. The marginal markings appear to be constant too, that above Type C matches that below Type D. Out of the 16 scans I have so far, one third of them are imperforate.

There are also differences of shading on the volcano and sea.


Here then are the features:

Type A	Type B	Type C

Type D	Type E

The mark between stamps above Type C appears to be the same as the mark below Type D.

 

Cancels known

P. M. Steamer Agency cancel	Clyde cancel	Granada cancel
Images courtesy of Carlos Quintanilla.

These two have parts of the same, or very similar cancel. 'Porterage, from Steamers', 'between steamer', 'Panama, or elsewhere' seem to be part of it.
Images courtesy of Rolf Lamprecht. The enhancements were done by splitting out the magenta and increasing the contrast.

Steamship Columbia, Columbus, or perhaps Colorado?, of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company	This might be fiscal usage. I have no idea what the 'AM' might stand for.
Images courtesy of Rolf Lamprecht.

 

I would be interested to hear from collectors with other examples of these,
are they same as a type above or different?

 

Looking closely at the 2 Reales value:

Type A - 'S' of 'SALVADOR' noticeably leans backwards and a wide 'R'.	Type B - Narrow 'S' and 'R' of 'SALVADOR'
Type C - Regular waves at base of volcano, distinctive 'R' in 'SALVADOR'	Type D - Tranquil sea, large lettering of 'SALVADOR'. Thick 'L' in 'REALES' on right.

Types A, B and C images courtesy of Carlos Quintanilla. Type D is from Rolf Lamprecht.

As with the 1 Real value shown above, there are also differences of shading on the volcano, plume and sea.


Here then are the features:

Type A	Type B	Type C	Type D

 

Looking closely at the 4 Reales value:

Type A - Top-left ribbon hanging limply.	Type B - Top-left ribbon billowing out. Wide supports at base. Tall 'SALVADOR'.
Type C - Frame damage at left and top. Cap in contact with many rays at the top.	Only 3 scans of this scarce stamp, courtesy of Carlos Quintanilla, but clear differences as noted as well as minor differences in the lettering, ribbons and wreaths.

As with the 1 Real value shown above, there are also differences of shading on the volcano and sea.

Here then are the features:

Type A	Type B	Type C

 

 

 

1882 As above but overprinted 'CONTRA SELLO' of type HS4 in purple.

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	Description	Mint	Used
RH12	H4	1, 2	1r green	-	-
RH13	H5	1, 2	2r violet	-	-
RH14	H6	1, 2	4r carmine	-	-

Note: Since these stamps were not used after the beginning of 1877 and HS-4 did not exist before the end of 1882,
any examples are likely to have counterfeit handstamps.

 

 

1883 Postage stamps of 1879-89 (Lithographed by Rufino Flamenco. SG 9-16) overprinted as type HS-4 in purple. No watermark. Perf. 12½
The "Contrasello" overprint of this issue was created by decree of December 5th 1882.
The whole set of postage stamps was initially printed in 1879 with redrawn 1c, 2c and 5c being issued in 1881, see below for details.

Type HS-4 (Hiscocks Type 2)	Type 5   1c (type a) RH15	Type 5   1c (type b) without overprint	Type 6   2c. (type b)   RH18	Type 7   5c. (type a)   RH19 Courtesy of Rolf Lamprecht.

Type 7   5c. ultramarine (type a?) without overprint	Type 7   5c. blue (type b?) without overprint	Type 8   10c. black without overprint	Type 9   20c. purple without overprint

Type 2 Image taken from Hiscocks page 110. (10c and 20c shown below)

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	Description	Mint	Used
RH15	H15	5, 2	1c green (shades) (SG9) type a	10.00	15.00
RH15a	-		type a, 'Λ' for 'A' in 'SALVADOR'.	15.00	22.00
RH15b	-		type a, 'Λ' for 'A' in 'REPUBLICA'.	15.00	22.00
RH15c	-		type a, 'Λ' for 'A' in 'UNIVERSAL'.	15.00	22.00
RH16	H15	5, 2	1c green (shades) (SG14) type b	10.00	15.00
RH17	H16	6, 2	2c rose (SG 10) type a	10.00	15.00
RH17a	-	6, 2	type a, inverted scroll in upper-left corner.	-	-
RH18	H16	6, 2	2c carmine (SG 15) type b	10.00	15.00
RH19	H17	7, 2	5c blue (SG 11) type a	20.00	30.00
RH20	H17	7, 2	5c blue (SG 16) type b	20.00	30.00
RH21	H18	8, 2	10c black (SG 12)	60.00	90.00
RH22	H19	9, 2	20c purple (SG 13)	80.00	120.00

 

 

1884 As above but overprint in black.

Type 5   1c. (type b)   RH20	Type 6   2c. (type a)   RH25	Type 6   2c. (type b)   RH26	Type 8   10c.   RH29	Type 9   20c.   RH30

 

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1884 Description	Mint	Used
RH23	H20	5, 2	1c green (SG9) type a	8.00	12.00
RH23a	-		type a, 'Λ' for 'A' in 'SALVADOR'.	12.00	18.00
RH23b	-		type a, 'Λ' for 'A' in 'REPUBLICA'.	12.00	18.00
RH23c	-		type a, 'Λ' for 'A' in 'UNIVERSAL'.	12.00	18.00
RH24	H20	5, 2	1c green (SG14) type b	8.00	12.00
RH25	H21	6, 2	2c rose (SG 10) type a	8.00	12.00
RH25a	-	6, 2	type a, inverted scroll in upper-left corner.	-	-
RH26	H21	6, 2	2c carmine (SG 15) type b	8.00	12.00
RH27	H22	7, 2	5c blue (SG 11) type a	10.00	15.00
RH28	H22	7, 2	5c blue (SG 16) type b	10.00	15.00
RH29	H23	8, 2	10c black (SG 12)	40.00	60.00
RH30	H24	9, 2	20c violet (SG 13)	50.00	75.00

 

Notes derived from the Scott Catalogue (2007).

The stamps were initially printed in 1879 with:
15 varieties of the 1c and 2c,
25 varieties of the 5c and
5 varieties of the 10c and 20c.

The 1c, 2c and 5c were re-drawn in 1881 with:
15 varieties of the 1c and
5 varieties of the 2c and 5c.

My comments on this.

Scott also lists 3 varieties of the 1c, a variety of the 2c and notes a wide variety of shades for the 5c.
It does not say which printing had the varieties, but I have two distinct types of the 1c and 2c and
(my) type a has a style more in keeping with the non-redrawn values (10c and 20c). I do not have the SG volumes, so confirmation/correction would be welcome.
Since the 'Contrasello' overprints did not appear until 2 years after the re-drawing operation, I would expect type a to be fairly scarce.
To me it appears that the re-drawing made the 'C' of the value slimmer and smaller.
In addition the H15 example, 1c (type a) above has one of the varieties listed by Scott.
I have tentatively integrated these new types into Hiscocks list.

 

 

1888 Postage stamps of 1887 (SG 18-20) with the same overprint HS-4. White wove paper. No watermark. Perf. 12 or rouletted as indicated.

Type 10   3c.   RH31	Type 11   5c.	Type 12   10c.   RH33

3c and 10c images are courtesy of Rolf Lamprecht.

Notes: Hiscocks describes the 5c as being the 1887 rouletted issue, but illustrates the 1890 perforated stamp. I have illustrated the 1897 stamp.
The 3c and 10c stamps, appear to have fake handstamps (as shown above), the 3c at least having a postal cancellation.
It is an open question as to whether genuine examples exist. Does anyone have any?

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	Description	Mint	Used
RH31	H25	10, 2	3c brown (Perf. 12) (SG 18)	-	-
RH32	H26	11, 2	5c blue (rouletted) (SG 19)	-	-
RH33	H27	12, 2	10c orange (SG 20)	-	-

Note: The Seebeck contract of 27 March 1889 required that the Government of El Salvador "hand over to the company the stock, which at the end of each year, may be in its possession".
The stamps in use during 1889 included the three types above, overprinted '1889'. It is possible, though not certain, that there were also un-overprinted remainders, in which case Seebeck may have created these.

 

1891 Revenue stamps of 1891 (Forbin 10 etc.) but with control numbers in blue, black or purple.
Coloured wove papers. No watermark. Perf. 11 between stamps.

RH34 - 1c, black control.	ƒRH34a - 1c, purple control.	RH35 - 5c, black control.	RH35a - 5c, purple control.
Courtesy of Rolf Lamprecht.

RH36a - 10c, purple control.	RH37 - 25c, black control.	RH38 - 50c, black control.
Courtesy of Rolf Lamprecht.

RH40 - 5p, black control.	†RH41 - 10p, black control.	RH42 - 25p, black control.	RH43 - 50p, black control.
Courtesy of Rolf Lamprecht.

Type 13
Note: According to John Barefoot, this type was available to prepay small administrative or tax charges, but none have been seen with 'clearly telegraphic' cancels.

Here is an example of postal use:


Courtesy of Schuyler Rumsey Philatelic Auctions. (click on image for listing).

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1891 Description	Mint	Used
RH34	H29	13	1c black / yellow (black control)	-	-
ƒRH34a	-		purple control	-	-
RH35	H30	13	5c black / blue-green (black control)	-	-
RH35a	H30a		purple control	-	-
RH36	H31	13	10c black / rose (black control)	-	-
RH36a	H31a		purple control	-	-
RH36b	H31b		blue control	-	-
RH37	H32	13	25c black / blue (black control)	-	-
RH38	H33	13	50c black / lilac (black control)	-	-
RH39	H34	13	1p blue / white (black control)	-	-
RH58a	*H34a		error '189' for '1891'	-	-
RH40	H35	13	5p green / white (black control)	-	-
†RH41	-	13	10p yellow / white (black control)	-	-
RH42	H36	13	25p green / white (black control)	-	-
RH43	H37	13	50p rose / white (black control)	-	-
RH44	H38	13	100p yellow / white (black control)	-	-

ƒ RH34a is not listed by Morley or Hiscocks. Forbin ignored the control colours.
* Forbin lists this as '189' instead of '1897'. Reference Forbin 34a. Morley says it should have been 1901, probably a typo for 1891.
† The 10p is not listed by Morley, or Hiscocks, but was by Forbin as #17.

 

This complete sheet of 1891, 5 Pesos stamps courtesy of Rolf Lamprecht shows the sheet layout and the way they were numbered.
One thing that I find puzzling, the central coat of arms on all of these is almost identical, though 2227-2232 are slightly different on the left side.
However looking at the 1897 5c stamps below, there are major differences on what supposedly was on the same sheet.
My images for RH58 and RH58a have big differences in the coat of arms, look at the words "15 SET DE 1821" in the semicircle around the cap at the top.
I think that a master sheets were produced in 1890? with just "189" included and the intention was to add the last digit each year.
But I think that only the high values had the arms copied to each stamp.

 

1892 As above but dated 1892 (Forbin 20-22).

1892 RH45 - 1c, purple control.	1892 RH46 - 5c, purple control.	1892 RH47 - 25c, purple control.
Courtesy of Rolf Lamprecht.

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1892 Description	Mint	Used
RH45	H39	13	1c black / yellow (purple control)	-	-
RH45a	H39a		variety 'SALVAD  OR'	-	-
RH46	H40	13	5c black / blue-green (purple control)	-	-
RH47	H41	13	25c black / blue (purple control)	-	-

 

1893 As above but dated 1893 (Forbin 23).

1893 RH48 - 1c, purple control.	1895 RH49 - 5c, blue control.	1896 RH50 - 5c, blue control.
Courtesy of Rolf Lamprecht.

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1893 Description	Mint	Used
RH48	H42	13	1c black / yellow (purple control)	-	-

Forbin also lists a 5c black on green (Forbin 24) for 1893.

 

1895 As above but dated 1895 (Forbin 25).

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1895 Description	Mint	Used
RH49	H43	13	5c black / blue (blue control)	-	-

 

1896 As above but dated 1896 (Forbin 26).

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1896 Description	Mint	Used
RH50	H44	13	5c black / green (blue control)	-	-

 

1896 New design with 'Timbres Para Telegramas'. Dated 1896. Coloured wove paper. No watermark. Perf. 11¾.

 
Type 14, RH51 - Left image courtesy of Rolf Lamprecht, right courtesy of Arkadiy from Florida.

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1896 Description	Mint	Used
RH51	H45	14	10c black / red (black control)	-	60.00

 

1896 Of similar type to the above but with 'Timbres Para Cablegramas'. Coloured wove paper.
No watermark. Perf. 12 on two, three or four sides. Values in block type.

Hiscocks Type 15, the set except the 5c courtesy of Carlos Quintanilla. Anyone have a scan of the 5c ?

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1896 Description	Mint	Used
RH52	H46	15	1c red (blue control)	25.00	25.00
RH53	H47	15	5c yellow-green (blue control)	150.00	150.00
RH53a	H47a		value in small Roman capitals	175.00	175.00
RH54	H48	15	10c blue-grey (blue control)	40.00	40.00
RH54a	H48a		value in small Roman capitals	50.00	50.00
RH55	H49	15	1p lilac (blue control)	100.00	100.00
RH56	H50	15	5p vermilion (blue control)	200.00	200.00
RH56a	-		value in lower case	250.00	250.00
RH57	H51	15	10p red-brown (blue control)	200.00	200.00
RH57a	H51a		dated 1886 yellow-brown (error?)	250.00	250.00

 

1897 Revenue stamp type of 1891 (Type 13) but dated 1897 (Forbin 32 and 34).
See note under Type 13 image.

Type 13   5c.   RH58	Type 13   5c.   RH58c	Type 13   1p.   RH59	Type 13   1p.   RH59a
The images for RH58 and RH58c have big differences in the coat of arms, look at the words "15 SET DE 1821" in the semicircle around the cap at the top. In fact on the RH58c, the "15 SET DE 1821" looks like it was added later, having been initially forgotten. A complete sheet of the 1891 5c would be very interesting! - Images courtesy of Rolf Lamprecht.

Forbin describes RH58a as having the value written as 'CENTaVOS' with a lower case 'A' (Forbin 32a).
This has the 'A' and also the 'S' as smaller letters, as well as '189' for the year, like on RH59a.

Perhaps things got confused in translation, but Forbin lists nothing else that it could be.
The main reason that I noticed it was the cancel, much of the wording is missing but that looks like lightening bolts that are generally telegraphic.
Interestingly the 1896 Cablegramas set shown above includes all but the 5c stamp. Also the control number is in blue, as are the control numbers on the 1906 set above.
Images courtesy of Rolf Lamprecht.

Anyone else have any more stamps with this distinctive cancel ?

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1897 Description	Mint	Used
RH58	H52	13	5c black / green (black control)	-	-
RH58a	H52a		lower case 'a' in 'CENTaVOS' (Forbin 32a)	-	-
RH58b	-		blue control	-	-
RH58c	-		small 'A' and 'S' in 'CENTAVOS', blue control.	-	-
RH59	H53	13	1p blue / white (black control)	-	-
RH59a	H34a		'189' for '1897' (Forbin 34a)	-	-

 

1898 As above but dated 1898.
See note under Type 13 image.

Type 13   1c. black control.   RH60	Type 13   5c. black control.   RH61	Type 13   10c. black control.   RH62	Type 13   25c. blue control.   RH63
Images courtesy of Rolf Lamprecht.

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1898 Description	Mint	Used
RH60	H54	13	1c black / yellow (black control)	-	-
RH61	H55	13	5c black / green (black control)	-	-
RH62	H56	13	10c black / rose (black control)	-	-
RH62a	H56a		blue control	-	-
RH62b	H56b		error — 'EZ' for 'DIEZ'	-	-
RH63	H57	13	25c black / blue (blue control)	-	-
RH63a	H57a		error — 'de' for 'del'	-	-

My Note: Forbin included a 5p rose (F#39). Has anyone seen one ?

 

1899 Revenue stamps of 1896 (Forbin 27-31) but with control numbers overprinted.
White wove paper. No watermark. Perf. 14½.
John Barefoot does not list these, or anything else after 1896 due to the lack of telegraphically used examples.
I will list them (for now at least) since Hiscocks did. Some may have been used telegraphically, but that was not really their purpose.
As always, it is for the collector to decide what to collect.

Type 16 Images of RH64, RH64a, RH67 and RH67a courtesy of Rolf Lamprecht.

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1899 Description	Mint	Used
RH64	H58	16	1c green (black control)	-	-
RH64a	H58a		blue control	-	-
RH65	H59	16	5c yellow (blue control)	-	-
RH66	H60	16	10c ultramarine (blue control)	-	-
RH67	H61	16	25c olive-brown (black control)	-	-
RH67a	H61a		blue control	-	-
RH68	H62	16	1p red (black control)	-	-

 

1900 Type of 1891 but dated 1900.

Type 13   1c. blue control.   RH69	Type 13   5c. blue control.   RH70	Type 13   2p. blue control.   RH72
Images courtesy of Rolf Lamprecht.

Type 13   1900 4p. blue control.   RH73	Type 13   1900 15p. blue control.   RH74	Type 13   1901 10c. blue control.   RH75
Images courtesy of Rolf Lamprecht.

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1900 Description	Mint	Used
RH69	H63	13	1c grey-black / yellow (blue control)	-	-
RH70	-	13	5c black / green (black control)	-	-
RH70a	-		"CINC—" for "CINCO"	-	-
RH71	-	13	10c red / pink (blue control)	-	-
RH72	-	13	2p blue-green / yellow (blue control)	-	-
RH73	-	13	4p violet / pink (blue control)	-	-
RH74	-	13	15p violet / green (black control)	-	-

Hiscocks added the following note:

Note. While the listing above goes as far as Morley and his correspondents, stamps of type 13 continued until 1904                 with two sets per year — one with the year overprinted on stamps of other years back to 1891 followed                 by one with the correct year without overprint in each case. It is not known whether these carried control                 numbers or whether they were used as telegraph stamps if they did.

My Note: Hiscocks' listing in fact did not go as far as Morley did, H63 was at the end of Morley's page 118 and his set continued on the next page with a 5c, 10c and 2p,
followed by the 10c of 1901 and more. Forbin agrees better with mine, except both he and Hiscocks have H63 (RH69) as blue on yellow,
a very dark blue perhaps. I was dubious about the 10c because more are printed in the following year, but in 1904 this 10c is listed as being overprinted 1904.
It may be that Morley did see a 1900 10c stamp and did not see a 4p or 15p. He did also list the 5c variety of "CINC—" for "CINCO".
Despite the fact that there is little indication of telegraphic usage, I will continue to list up to 1904, combining Morley and Forbin,
since Forbin is not readily available and lacks information on control colours, and Morley is less available and contains misleading typos.

 

1901 Type as last, but dated 1901.

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1901 Description	Mint	Used
RH75	-	13	10c red / pink (blue control)	-	-

 

1902 Provisional surcharge of "1902" over previous dates.
Overprint in violet unless otherwise indicated.
Control in black unless otherwise indicated.

Type 13   1902 1c.  RH76	Type 13   1902 5c.  RH78	Type 13   1902 10c.  RH80
Images courtesy of Rolf Lamprecht.

Type 13   1902 25c.  RH81	Type 13   1902 50c.  RH82	Type 13   1902 1p.  RH83
Images courtesy of Rolf Lamprecht.

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1902 Prov. Description	Mint	Used
RH76	-	13	1c grey-black / yellow (1900, blue control)	-	-
RH77	-	13	5c black / green (1897)	-	-
RH78	-	13	5c black / green (1900)	-	-
RH78a	-		blue overprint	-	-
RH79	-	13	10c black / rose (1898)	-	-
RH79a	-		blue control	-	-
RH80	-	13	10c red / pink (1901, blue control)	-	-
RH80a	-		error — 'EZ' for 'DIEZ'	-	-
RH81	-	13	25c black / blue (1898, blue control & date)	-	-
RH81a	-		error — 'de' for 'del'	-	-
RH82	-	13	50c black / lilac (1891)	-	-
RH83	-	13	1p blue / white (1897)	-	-
RH84	-	13	5p green / white (1891)	-	-
RH85	-	13	10p yellow / white (1891)	-	-
RH86	-	13	25p green / white (1891)	-	-
RH87	-	13	50p rose / white (1891)	-	-

 

1902 Type as 1901, but dated 1902, controls in black.

Type 13   1902 5c.  RH89	Type 13   1902 10c.   RH90	Type 13   1902 10c.   RH91
Images courtesy of Rolf Lamprecht.

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1902 Description	Mint	Used
RH88	-	13	1c black / yellow	-	-
RH89	-	13	5c black / green	-	-
RH90	-	13	10c red / pink	-	-
RH91	-	13	10c black / pink	-	-

 

1903 Provisional surcharge of "1903" over previous dates.
Overprint in blue unless otherwise indicated.
Control in black unless otherwise indicated.

Type 13   1903 1c.   RH93	Type 13   1903 5c.   RH94a	Type 13   1903 25c.   RH97
Images courtesy of Rolf Lamprecht.

Type 13   1903 1p.   RH99	Type 13   1903 2p.   RH100
Images courtesy of Rolf Lamprecht.

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1903 Prov. Description	Mint	Used
RH92	-	13	1c grey-black / yellow (1898)	-	-
RH93	-	13	1c grey-black / yellow (1900, blue control)	-	-
RH94	-	13	5c black / green (1900)	-	-
RH94a	-		blue control	-	-
RH95	-	13	5c black / green (1902, blue control)	-	-
RH96	-	13	10c black / pink (1902)	-	-
RH97	-	13	25c black / blue (1892, purple control)	-	-
RH98	-	13	50c black / lilac (1891)	-	-
RH99	-	13	1p blue / white (1897)	-	-
RH100	-	13	2p blue-green / yellow (1900, blue control)	-	-
RH100a	-		overprint in violet	-	-
RH101	-	13	5p green / white (1891)	-	-

 

1903 Type as 1901, but dated 1903, controls in black unless otherwise indicated.
There are two different fonts, (T1 & T2) used for "1903",
the earliest(T1) have a more curvy '9' and seem to be mostly blue controls, with the later(T2) being mostly black.

Type 13   1903-T1 5c.   RH103a	Type 13   1903-T2 10c.   RH104	Type 13   1903-T2 25c.   RH105	Type 13   1903-T1 25c.   RH105a
Images courtesy of Rolf Lamprecht.

Type 13   1903-T2 20p.   RH106	Type 13   1903-T2 30p.   RH107	Type 13   1903-T2 40p.   RH108
These look very much like proofs with the same number, Forbin lists them as numbers 71-73. Courtesy of Rolf Lamprecht, who says they are on "Papier stark". (strong paper)

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1903 Description	Mint	Used
RH102	-	13	1c grey-black / yellow	-	-
RH102a	-		blue control	-	-
RH102b	-		error — 'de' for 'del'	-	-
RH103	-	13	5c black / green	-	-
RH103a	-		blue control	-	-
RH104	-	13	10c black / pink	-	-
RH104a	-		blue control	-	-
RH105	-	13	25c black / blue	-	-
RH105a	-		blue control	-	-
RH106	-	13	20p black	-	-
RH107	-	13	30p black	-	-
RH108	-	13	40p black	-	-

 

1904 Provisional surcharge of "1904" over previous dates.
Overprint in blue unless otherwise indicated.
Control in black unless otherwise indicated.

Type 13   1904 1c.   RH109	Type 13   1904 5c.   RH110	Type 13   1904 50c.   RH113	Type 13   1904 1p.   RH114
Images courtesy of Rolf Lamprecht.

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1904 Prov. Description	Mint	Used
RH109	-	13	1c grey-black / yellow (1900, blue control)	-	-
RH109a	-		overprint in black, blue control	-	-
RH110	-	13	5c black / green (1900)	-	-
RH111	-	13	10c black / pink (1900, blue control)	-	-
RH112	-	13	25c black / blue (1898, blue control)	-	-
RH113	-	13	50c black / lilac (1891)	-	-
RH114	-	13	1p blue / white (1897)	-	-
RH115	-	13	5p green / white (1891)	-	-

 

1904 Type as 1901, but dated 1904, controls in blue unless otherwise indicated.

Type 13   1904 1c.   RH116	Type 13   1904 5c.   RH117	Type 13   1904 10c.   RH118	Type 13   1904 25c.   RH119
Images courtesy of Rolf Lamprecht.

RH #	Hisc.	Type.	1904 Description	Mint	Used
RH116	-	13	1c grey-black / yellow	-	-
RH117	-	13	5c black / green	-	-
RH118	-	13	10c black / pink (black control)	-	-
RH119	-	13	25c black / blue	-	-

 

According to John Barefoot, Type 13 has not been seen with 'clearly telegraphic' cancels. I have only seen one, RH58c shown above.
Anyone have any more? Please send a scan.