Costa Rica

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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

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

Last updated 8 October 2008

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