Colombia : Stamps [Year: 1865 | Emission: Insured Letter | Width: 128+ mm] : Colnect 📮
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- Series:
- Insured Letter Stamps
- Catalog codes:
- ColnectIsBest
- Themes:
- Flags | Numbers
- Issued on:
- 1865
- Size:
- 128 x 64 mm
- Colors:
- Multicolor
- Watermark:
- No Watermark
- Format:
- Stamp
- Perforation:
- Imperforate
- Printing:
- Lithography
- Paper:
- very stout, wove
- Face value:
- 25 c - Colombian centavo
- Score:
- 96% Accuracy: Very Low
- Description:
- Printed by Lit. Avala y Medrano.
Various excellent forgeries exist. Some of them measures 129.5 x 64.5.
Variety: black color instead of brown. (YT CO VR1A).
The Flagstaff is composed of four lines, two being the outlines, and the other two by way of shading. There is a very small transverse stroke across the flat top of the A of ESTADOS, and a larger and more distinct one over the a of Colombia. The dot over the i of sin is sensibly nearer to the upper outline of the flag than the corresponding dot over the last I of CERTiFiCACioN. Part of the head of the i of contenido, as well as the little oblique stroke projecting from that letter, shows outside the righthand outline of the flag. The hollow centre of the o of cinco is narrower than the hollow portion of the o of CENTAVOS ; and both the said letters are distinctly octagonal in their outline. The central tongue of the e of the latter word is thicker than any of the other strokes forming the back and top and bottom of it. In the inscription salio DE.. EN.. DE.. DE.. 186the accent over the o of salio is perfectly straight, and almost as long as the line projecting from the right-hand side of the o ; and the various words are joined by a thin, but distinct line, which is not dotted anywhere ; the portion of it after 186 goes to the very edge of the boundary-line. The slanting stroke before the e of en does not touch the e ; nor do the similar strokes before the d of the second and third DE touch their respective letters.The 1 of 186 is as tall as the 8,and the 6 touches the corner of the frame above it, which contains 25 c. The point of the flagstaff does not touch the frame above it ; but it is so very close to it that I fancy it might do so in heavily-printed copies. The chief difference between the genuine and the forged is in the shading of the flag. From the lower corner of the yellow part, beginning above the e of vale, there are thirty-two oblicjue lines of shading, the last one ending above the t of certificacion ;
none of the long lines pass through the curved head, or the tall thin stroke of the first c of that word, but one of them just touches the top point of it ; two pass through the head of the e, but do not touch it anywhere else. The next lot of shaded lines begins above
NT of veinte, and extends to the last i of certificacion. There are thirty-three of them, and none of them touch the line above the T of VEINTE. There are two lines by themselves, above in of veinte, but I have not quoted these, as they are the same as in the forgeries.
The next lot of lines begins above the c of centavos, and there are thirty-one of them ; some touching the i of sin, and some touching the first o of contenido. The last lot of lines extends from the middle of the a of centavos in the blue part, right up to the top right-hand corner of the yellow; and there are thirty-three of them. The outline of the flag at the bottom, between the words
EN DE, is nearer to the line below it than the corresponding convex portions on each side of en.. de. - Buy Now:
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- Series:
- Insured Letter Stamps
- Catalog codes:
- Mi:CO-WB 2, Yt:CO VR2, Lt:CO-CUB 2
- Themes:
- Flags | Numbers
- Issued on:
- ColnectIsBest
- Size:
- 128 x 64 mm
- Colors:
- Multicolor
- Format:
- Stamp
- Perforation:
- Imperforate
- Printing:
- Lithography
- Face value:
- 50 c - Colombian centavo
- Score:
- 96% Accuracy: Very Low
- Description:
- Hand-colored flag. Face values in ornaments in upper corners. Inscribed "Certificación sin contenido".
Various forgeries exist. Some of them measures 129.5 x 64.5.
This is Higgins & Gage Nr.2.
"...Thanks to the Postal Services law of April 29, 1865, a new system of insured letter stamps, unique to Colombia, to be used by the public to send money and valuables, was approved. The stamp paid both the basic postage rate and the insurance fee, complying also as registration and proof of delivery receipt. They are commonly called 'cubiertas' because they were affixed to the back of the cover to seal it after the contents was verified. Cubiertas were not sold to the public as stamps did. The sender bring the unsealed addressed envelope to the post office where an official verify the contents, fulfill all data in the cubierta and seal the envelope with it. Upon receipt the addressee has to open the envelope in the presence of a post officer, confirm the contents and acknowledge receipt signing the cubierta. Generally, the cubierta was cut or torn off from cover -reason why there are so few surviving covers and the poor condition of many "cubiertas"- and sent back to the origin post office
where it was archived as proof of delivery.
(Author: Dario Diaz) - Buy Now: