February 1, 1854

1-Real CORROS Error

The 1-Real Fuerte stamp of February 1, 1854 was issued to pay domestic mail between one ounce and one-and-a-half ounces. Also used as ordinary letter rate to Spain from June 1, 1855. There is inconsistency to the exact numbers issued, indicating that either 2,000 or 3,000 stamps, (50 or 75 sheets), were printed in shades of ultramarine, bright blue, slate-blue, pale bluish-grey and pale grey. The stamps remained in use until January 1856.  (Scott #4; Edifil #3; SG #5)

The stamps were Recess printed by Plana, Jorba y Cia (Comapania), Plaza de Binondo, Manila, in sheets of forty stamps, (eight horizontal rows of five). They were printed on wove, medium to thick paper. Inks were purchased from local Chinese stores in Binondo, Manila, which were varied and not lasting in colour; further subjected to extremes of humidity and temperatures ove the years causing oxidation on some of the inks.

There is one major variety on the sheet of the 1-real value, which is found on position 26, (first stamp of the sixth row), where the word "CORREOS" is spelt "CORROS" in error. Being a constant variety, this error exists on both printings and in each of the varying shades.

To date, a total of 41 CORROS Error stamps have been recorded, summarised as follows:

Mint Singles - 11 Stamps

Used Singles - 22 Stamps

Used in Multiples (including sheets) - 7 Stamps

With HPLN Overprint - 1 Stamp

1-Real Issue of 1854

Reference	Comments	Picture
Sc #4c-01	Mint - Ultramarine Shade H. R. Harmer Auction (3013/14) Starting Price - $1,500
Sc #4c-02	Mint - Ultramarine Shade Antonio Cuesta Collection
Sc #4c-03	Mint - Ultramarine Shade Nigel Gooding Collection
Sc #4c-04	Mint - Ultramarine Shade Nigel Gooding Collection
Sc #4c-05	Mint - Ultramarine Shade Schuyler Rumsey Auction (Sale 108, 27-30 April 2023, Lot 870) Selling Price - $1,600 Ex Frederick Freeman Collection
Sc #4c-06	Mint - Ultramarine Shade Ebay (sold by Jhen Macalinao) - November 2020 Restored from faulty original stamp below (Restored stamp shown on right) xxxxx Dante Desagun Collection
Sc #4c-07	Mint - Ultramarine Shade Philippine Philatelist Website Archives - Spanish Philippines Sellos
Sc #4c-08	Mint - Ultramarine Shade Picture from article in the Philippine Philatelic News, Volume 8, Special Edition By E Encarnation, 1986 (pages 23-46)
Sc #4c-09	Mint - Grey Shade Antonio Cuesta Collection
Sc #4c-10	Mint - Grey Shade Hipstamp Online Auction (on sale at 1 April 2024) Selling Price - $2,000 (or best offer) Note: Tear on top left corner and complete vertical centre tear (separation)
Sc #4c-11	Mint - Grey Shade Philippine Philatelist Website Archives - Spanish Philippines Sellos
Sc #4c-12	Used (Small Baeza CDS) - Ultramarine Shade Ebay (sold by Jhen Macalinao) - 12 January 2021 Selling Price - $1,088.63
Sc #4c-13	Used (Large Baeza CDS) - Ultramarine Shade American Philatelic Society Certification Website APS Certificate (No. 219290)
Sc #4c-14	Used (Parrilla Cancel) - Ultramarine Shade Soler y Llach Auction (31 January 2019) Selling Price - 950 Euros Exfima (11 December 1977) Certificate (No. 08595) Graus (20 November 1991) Certificate (No. B0/38-7) Provenance: Fritz-Walter Lange Collection
Sc #4c-15	Used (Parrilla Cancel) - Ultramarine Shade Subastas Sevilla Auction (December 2018) Selling Price - 850 Euros Nigel Gooding Collection
Sc #4c-16	Used (Parrilla Cancel) - Ultramarine Shade Comex Certificate (No. 023.469) Nigel Gooding Collection
Sc #4c-17	Used (Parrilla Cancel) - Ultramarine Shade Antonio Cuesta Collection
Sc #4c-18	Used (Parrilla Cancel) - Ultramarine Shade American Philatelic Society Certification Website APS Certificate (No. 115205)
Sc #4c-19	Used (Official Cancel) - Ultramarine Shade Antonio Cuesta Collection
Sc #4c-20	Used (Manuscript Cancel) - Ultramarine Shade Iberphil Auction (27 July 2021) Starting Price - 1,500 Euros CEM (23 January 2018) Certificate (No. 14352)
Sc #4c-21	Used (Small Baeza CDS) - Grey Shade Ebay Sale (28 September 2015) Selling Price - $2,025 Welson Chu Collection
Sc #4c-22	Used (Parrilla Cancel) - Grey Shade Schuyler Rumsey Auction (Sale 108, 27-30 April 2023, Lot 870) Selling Price - $1,450 Provenance: Donald Peterson and Frederick Freeman Collections
Sc #4c-23	Used (Parrilla Cancel) - Grey Shade Robert Tan Collection
Sc #4c-24	Used (Parrilla Cancel) - Grey Shade Provenance: Fritz-Walter Lange Collection
Sc #4c-25	Used (Circle of Dots Cancel) - Grey Shade NVK Stamps Private Treaty Sale #5 (January 2019) Selling Price - $1,250
Sc #4c-26	Used (Circle of Dots Cancel) - Grey Shade Ymerson Tan Collection
Sc #4c-27	Used (Circle of Dots Cancel) - Grey Shade Welson Chu Collection
Sc #4c-28	Used (Circle of Dots Cancel) - Grey Shade Filatelica Llach, S.L. Auction (3 November 1994) Selling Price - 113,000 Peseta (approximately $905.00) Exfima (20 November 1977) Certificate (No. 06907) Graus (20 November 1991) Certificate (No. 80/39-8) James Larot Collection Provenance: Fritz-Walter Lange Collection
Sc #4c-29	Used (Circle of Dots Cancel) - Grey Shade Kelleher Auction (15 July 2020, Lot 333) Selling Price - $800 Kelleher Auction (20 March 2021, Lot 364) Selling Price - $450
Sc #4c-30	Used (Official Cancel) - Grey Shade Soler y Llach Auction (31 January 2019) Selling Price - 900 Euros Exfima (7 June 1981) Certificate (No. 012293) Comex (21 March 1984) Certificate (No. 015.470)
Sc #4c-31	Used (Official Cancel) - Grey Shade Juzgado / Pral de Ylocos / Sur Antonio Cuesta Collection
Sc #4c-32	Used (Manuscript Cancel) - Grey Shade Provenance: Nigel Gooding Collection
Sc #4c-33	Used (Manuscript Cancel) - Grey Shade Dr Severino Bajar Collection

Reference	Comments	Picture
Sc #4c-34	Horizontal Pair - Left Stamp with CORROS Error Used (Parrilla Cancel) - Ultramarine Shade Antonio Cuesta Collection
Sc #4c-35	Vertical Pair - Bottom Stamp with CORROS Error Used (Circle of Dots Cancel) - Ultramarine Shade Antonio Cuesta Collection
Sc #4c-36	Vertical Pair - Bottom Stamp with CORROS Error Used (Circle of Dots Cancel) - Ultramarine Shade Regency Stamps Auction (18 August 2008, Lot 2112) Cherrystone Auction (12 November 2008) - Selling Price $1,900 Cherrystone Auction (15 September 2010) - Starting Price $1,900 H. R. Harmer Auction (WSS-NY Sale, 3 June 2016) - Selling Price $4,250 Provenance: Donald Peterson Collection
Sc #4c-37	Block of Four - Top Left Stamp with CORROS Error Used (Parrilla Cancel) - Grey Shade Soler y Llach Auction (31 January 2019) Selling Price - 1,600 Euros Exfima (20 November 1977) Certificate (No. 06913) Graus (20 November 1991) Certificate (No. B0/40-9) Welson Chu Collection Provenance: Fritz-Walter Lange Collection
Sc #4c-38	Block of Four - Top Left Stamp with CORROS Error Used (Circle of Dots Cancel) - Grey Shade Soler y Llach Auction (28 May 2019, Lot 1097)
Sc #4c-39	Complete Sheet of Forty - Position 26 with CORROS Error Used (Circle of Dots Cancel) - Grey Shade Christoph Gartner Auction (14 October 2020) Selling Price - 5,000 Euros
Sc #4c-40	Complete Sheet of Forty - Position 26 with CORROS Error Used (Circle of Dots Cancel) - Grey Shade Antonio Cuesta Collection Provenance: Fritz-Walter Lange Collection

1-Real Habilitado Por La Nacion (HPLN) Issue of 1874

Reference	Comments	Picture
Sc #25-01	Mint - Ultramarine Shade Philstamps Auction Mario Que Collection

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