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H&G 2 H&G 10 H&G 11 H&G B7 H&G B8

UPU member from 1 January 1883.

class H&G other catalogue year value size description printer specimen type note
post card 1   1883 2c 132 × 98 head of President Fernandez ??? [51]  
  2   1883 4c + 0c 132 × 98 head of President Fernandez ??? [51]  
  10   1906 2c 139 × 89 head of Columbus – new design Waterlow [52] 1
  11   1906 4c + 0c 139 × 89 head of Columbus – new design Waterlow [52]  
envelope B7   1907 5c 152 × 88 head of Columbus in oval Waterlow [52] 2
  B8   1907 10c 152 × 88 head of Columbus in oval Waterlow [52] 2

type image dimensions application note
[51] 73 × 17 printed horiz across top of card in red  
[52]   cancelled with four concentric circles across stamp 3

Notes

"Waterlow Bros & Layton Limited. Londres, Inglaterra." printed at foot.
"Manufactured by Waterlow Bros & Layton Limd, Birchin Lane, London." embossed under flap.
The 1907 and 1910 postage stamp issues were similarily protected.

Last updated 8 October 2008

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