Stamp: Eagles of the federation (Venezuela(Eagles Of The Federation) Mi:VE 9a,Sn:VE 12,Yt:VE 10,Sg:VE 21 📮
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- Country:
- Venezuela
- Series:
- Eagles Of The Federation
- Catalog codes:
- Michel VE 9a
Stamp Number VE 12
Yvert et Tellier VE 10
Stanley Gibbons VE 21 - Variants:
- Click to see variants
- Themes:
- Coats of Arms | Eagles | Heraldic Animals
- Issued on:
- 1863-11-01
- Size:
- 17.5 x 22.25 mm
- Colors:
- Orange
- Printers:
- Lessmann & Laue, Caracas
- Format:
- Stamp
- Emission:
- Definitive
- Perforation:
- Imperforate
- Printing:
- Lithography
- Paper:
- white, wove
- Face value:
- ½ Venezuelan real
- Print run:
- 500,000
- Score:
- 76% Accuracy: Medium
- Description:
- With 49 pearls inside circle.
There is a dark dot in the centre of the pearl which is immediately over the head of the bird. This is probably the artist's own sign. The "f" and "n" of "federacion" are both at equal distances from their respective ends of the label, though in this first type they are both much nearer than in the second. The inscription
in the scroll is "VENEZOLANA" (with O). The central star and the one to the right of it are both on the same level. None of the stars touch
each other, and each one is a trifle more than a millimetre across, from point to point, in its broadest part. There is a stop after real. The things in the claws of the bird appear to be a very large-headed arrow and a sword, but it is difficult to make out what the latter is intended for. The vertical lines behind the circle and stars are very fine, and close together, but the inferior printing often leaves them almost white.
NOTE: A re-engraved issue, appeard in 1869, shows 52 pearls (type II) inside the circle, the inscription "MEDIO REAL" is in thinner and taller letters, "FEDERACION" is larger (N). Considered a forgery by MI (former MI 9II) but listed as genuine reprint in venezuelan catalogs. Exists in both color shades. - Buy Now: