Queen Isabella II
In October 1863, a new
1-real stamp was issued for foreign mail usage. This issue is very similar in
design to the previous issues of February and March 1863. The stamps were
lithographed by M. Perez y Hijo in It is worthy to note
that this issue is the last of the Philippine stamps to be printed in A total of 30,000
stamps were printed and issued in the following shades:
1-real. Issued in green.
(Scott #20a; SG #25a; Edifil #16a) Note: Authorities tend to
disagree with the actual first day of sale for this issue, as follows: 1) March 1863 -
Mencarini, (1896) 2) Summer 1863 -
Bartels, (1904) 3) 4) December 1863 -
Lopez, (1890) and Duro, (1891) 5) End of 1863 - |
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