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UPU member from 1 April 1879.

Higgins & Gage list many items with MUESTRA handstamps. These include the items listed below except the 1897 2c letter card (H&G A16), the 1904 2c letter card (H&G 21), the 1903 5c envelope (H&G 53), and the 1899 1c and 2c and 1903–04 1c and 2c wrappers (H&G 36, 37, 38, 39). H&G also include items that were not sent to the UPU for distribution. In some cases there is a separate catalogue number which includes an alphabetic suffix; these suffixes have been omitted as they are potentially misleading.

class H&G year value colour description specimen type notes IB circular date IB circular no
post card 92 1899 1c green   [A]   15/04/1899 2386 / 95
  93 1899 2c red   [A]   15/04/1899 2386 / 95
  100 1899 1c + 1c green   [A]   15/04/1899 2386 / 95
  101 1899 2c + 2c red   [A]   15/04/1899 2386 / 95
  107 1900 1c green   [1]   12/12/1899 7115 / 334
  108 1900 2c red   [1]   12/12/1899 7115 / 334
  109 1900 3c brown   [1]   12/12/1899 7115 / 334
  110 1900 1c + 1c green   [1]   12/12/1899 7115 / 334
  111 1900 2c + 2c red   [1]   12/12/1899 7115 / 334
  112 1900 3c + 3c brown   [1]   12/12/1899 7115 / 334
  113 1902 4c on 3c brown   [1] 1 22/07/1902 3119 / 215
  114 1902 4c on 3c + 4c on 3c brown   [1] 1 22/07/1902 3119 / 215
  115 1903 1c brownish lilac   [1]   30/11/1904 4757 / 244
  116 1903 2c emerald green   [1]   18/04/1902 1871 / 100
letter card A16 1897 2c red   [A]   15/04/1899 2386 / 95
  A17 1899 2c red   [1]   12/12/1899 7115 / 334
  A18 1899 5c blue   [1]   12/12/1899 7115 / 334
  A19 1899 2c + 2c red   [1]   12/12/1899 7115 / 334
  A20 1899 5c + 5c blue   [1]   12/12/1899 7115 / 334
  A21 1904 2c green   [1]   30/11/1904 4757 / 244
envelope B49 1899 2c red   [A]   15/04/1899 2386 / 95
  B50 1899 2c rose   [1]   12/12/1899 7115 / 334
  B51 1899 5c blue   [1]   12/12/1899 7115 / 334
  B52 1899 10c lilac   [1]   12/12/1899 7115 / 334
  B53 1903 5c orange   [1]   18/04/1903 1871 / 100
wrapper E36 1899 1c green   [1]   12/12/1899 7115 / 334
  E37 1899 2c red   [1]   12/12/1899 7115 / 334
  E38 1903–04 1c lilac   [1]   18/04/1903 1871 / 100
  E39 1903–04 2c green   [1] 2 18/01/1904 307 / 10

type image dimensions application note
[A] 28 × 3½    
[1] 14½ × 2 handstamped across imprinted stamp 3

Notes

1  Narrow 'O' in 'CENTAVOS'.
2  MUESTRA in mauve.
3  This handstamp was also applied to postage stamps distributed in 1899 and 1903.

Acknowledgement

Compiled by Paul Skinner.

Last updated 3 December 2009

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