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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