1922 ALPHONSE XIII 4 PTS. PERFORATED 11 1/4

UNCATALOGUED PERFORATION SIZE VARIETY

FROM 1922.

 

 

        The basic stamps created in December 1922, with the central image of the face of King Alphonse XIII, show a perforation size 12 3/4 upright and 13 across. It is constituted of 18 different stamps from 2 centimes to 10 pesetas. They are calle Vaquer Type due to their original engraver Enrique Vaquer. There were millions of copies made and they were legally used until 1935. At the back of the stamps we can observe a control number in all of the samps except in the 2cts. stamps.

 

 

         Among the great number of varieties that this serie of stamps left us, there exist at least 14 different catalogued varieties dealing with perforations. Today, we are going to complete one of these varieties with a new discovery. One of the catalogued perforation variety is the one that describes stamps of this serie with the perforation size 11 1/4 upright and across. This point is catalogued to happen in edifil 310, 314, 315, 317, 320 and 321.

 

 

         As you can see in the next images of edifil 322 copies, after the used copy with the original perforation size a mint copy is shown with the new 11 1/4 perforation size. So a new one stamp in this serie that could show this perforation variety. It is obvious to think that this matter can be applied to the rest of the stamps of the serie but just we have no copies yet of the rest of the stamps.

 

 

 

Fig. 1: Edifil 322 original perforation size.

 

 

Fig. 2: Edifil 322 with the uncatalogued perforation size variety 11 1/4 upright and across. Recently auctioned.

 



 

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Double traced overprint on edifil 743

Double non catalogued variety in the same stamp.

 

 

        Wellcome back again to our blog. This week we are going to focus on one of the four stamps (one of them not finally issued) which were overprinted with the words "45 céntimos". This stamp was a complemetary value for the serie and is catalogued in Edifil as nº 743.

 

 

        These stamps were created in 1938 and shows a handful of different varieties according to perforation, error printings of the overprint, traced overprints at the back of the stamps, different colour overprints or control number A,000.000 at back of stamps among them.

 

 

         But we have found this year a block of stamps from nº 743 (reached from Canada) which shows two different varieties that are not listed in specialiced Edifil catalogue. Let´s describe them.

 

 

1.- The first non catalogued variety is a double overprint upon the stamp. Although this variety is catalogued upon numbers 742 and 743, it is not applied to nº 743.

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

2.- The second non catalogued variety in this stamp is that one of the two overprints has crossed the paper and therewere it is traced at back. This fact is only catalogued to happend in nº 742.

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

        After we have described the two non catalogued varieties shown in this stamp we can conclude that any of the varieties described in the diffierent especialized catalogues are possible to be found in all the issues of this serie.

 

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Broken Plate 1864 12 cuartos.

BROKEN PLATE AT SCOTT 63/EDIFIL 65

 

 

 

        This week new uncatalogued variety took place as far as in 1864. This year stamps once again since 1850 had the central motive of the Spanish Queen Isabel II. The serie consisted of 5 stamps with 4, 12 and 19 cuartos value as well as 1 and 2 reales value. They were printed in red, green, blue and pink, brown and pink, brown and blue colours respectively.

 

 

         Today we are going to focus on the 12 cuartos stamps, Scott 63 or Edifil 65 in green colour. More specifically, we will pay attention to the circle surrounding the figure of the Queen. As we can see in a common item, this circle is absolutly continous. We mark the zone were the plate will break with the pass of the time.

 

 

 

 

 

 



     As I have been going through different copies I have noticed one which shows how progressively this zone of the circle is weakening as we can onserve in this other stamp:

 

                                                             

 

      

 

       As you can imagine this situation was bound to end worse and finally the plate got broken in this zone. In the next two stamps we can see how the tear is tinny at the beginning and how it got bigger in tha last copies.

 

 

 

    

 

            To finish with, I must say that this variety is not catalogued in specialiced catalogues. I don't know the position of the complete leave where this frame tear took place, I am working to find it out.

 

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Wellcome philatelists to my new blog

Wellcome to my new blog on non catalogued Spanish stamps varieties.

 

 

           First of all I want to thank you in advance if you ever read these words. As English is not my first language but Spanish, I beg you pardon for all the mistakes you'll sure find in my writing, although I'll try to do my best for sure.

 

 

            I have been going through Spanish stamps collecting since I was twelve, and I have noticed after twenty years of study, that the most expert bibliography does not tell us all about Spanish tamps. As regards varieties, only some of them a catalogued in the most specialiced books on Spanish Stamps; for example in Edifil Specialiced Catalogue or even older ones like Martínez Pina's Manual de las emisiones de sellos de España.

 

 

            The aim of this blog is to show everyone interested in these non catalogued varieties I have progressively noticed as well as others that any philatelist had discovered. Of course, any comment from readers is wellcome.

 

 

             To begin with, I will show you two fresh new discovered varieties on 2012 stamps serie about music instruments. These varieties has been discovered together in two differente stamps whole pages and in the same position. Let's describe them separately:

 

 

1.- Sitar: As we can see in the lower stamp, the pieze of the instrument that joins the arm with the rest of the instrument has been invaded by the yellowish colour from the background, insted of being grey as we can see in the uuper stamp. Look at the image:

 

 



 

 

2.- Balalaica: If we look at the bottom of the instrument carefully we can observe a line of the same colour than the shadow of the balalica which goes into the instrument lower part. As we can see in the upper stamp this line does not exist as well as in the rest of the stamps. Look at the image:

 

 



 

 

3.- To finish with, I will show you the position in the whole leave. Remember that these varieties were found in two different leaves in the same position. Look at the image:

 

 



 

 







           I hope this first contribution will be usefull for you or at least it will entertain philatelists for a while. I will try to make a contribution every week.