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UPU member from 1 January 1883.

class H&G Mena year value size description printer specimen type note
post card 1 MPC1 1883 2c 132 × 80 head of President Fernandez engraved American Bank Note Co – litho Major & Knapp Co [51]  
  2 MPC2 1883 0c + 4c 132 × 80 (double) head of President Fernandez engraved American Bank Note Co – litho Major & Knapp Co [51]  
  11 PC10 1906 4c + 0c 139 × 89 (double) head of Columbus – new design Waterlow [52]  
  12 PC11 1907 2c 139 × 89 head of Columbus – new design Waterlow [52] 1
envelope B7 EN8 1907 5c 152 × 88 head of Columbus in oval Waterlow [52] 2
  B8 EN9 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] 22˝ mm diameter cancelled with four concentric circles across stamp impression 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.

Reference

Towle, Ross A. 'The First Postal Cards of Costa Rica'. Postal Stationery, #366 May–June 2009, p65.

Last updated 30 May 2009

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