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COSTA RICA Miscellaneous

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Official stamps

Various postage stamps received the overprint 'Oficial' or 'OFICIAL' from 1883 onwards.

1883 Postage stamps with President Fernandez, overprinted 'Oficial' or 'OFICIAL'

  1 c green (black or red overprint)
  2 c red (black or red overprint)
  5 c lilac (red overprint)
  10 c yellow (green overprint)
  40 c blue (red overprint)

1887 Postage stamps of President Soto, with overprint 'OFICIAL'

  1 c brown
  2 c blue
  5 c orange
  5 c violet
  10 c yellow
  10 c brown
  20 c green
  50 c red

1892 Arms postage stamps issue, overprinted 'OFICIAL'

(Sorry, no picture availalbe yet)

  1 c green
  2 c orange
  5 c lilac
  10 c green
  20 c red
  50 c blue

1901 Postage stamps of 1901, overprinted 'OFICIAL'

  1 c green and black (statue of Juan Santamaria)
  2 c red and black (Juan Mora)
  4 c lilac and black (Jose M.Canas)
  5 c blue and black (Puerto Limon)
  6 c olive and black (Julian Volio)
  10 c brown and black (Braulio Carillo)
  20 c red and black (theatre building)
  25 c violet and black (Eusebio Figureoa)
  50 c brown and blue (Jose M.Castro)
  1 Col brown and black (Birris bridge)

With additional overprint 'PROVISORIO' (1903)
  2 c red and red

Remainders were cancelled with 5 parallel lines.

1908 Statue (1 c) and famous persons, inscription 'UPU 1907', overprinted 'OFICIAL'

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  1 c brown and black
  2 c green and black
  4 c red and blue
  5 c yellow and blue
  10 c blue and black
  20 c green and black
  25 c violet and black
  50 c lilac and blue
  1 Col brown and black

Further surcharged '1921-22'
  4 c red and blue
  6 c on 1 c brown and black
  20 c on 25 c violet and black
  50 c lilac and blue
  1 Col brown and black

1917 Postage stamps of 1910, overprinted 'OFICIAL 15-VI-1917'

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  5 c orange
  10 c blue

Further surcharged (1921)
  '10 CTS.' on 5 c orange

1920 Postage stamp of 1910, overprinted 'OFICIAL' and surcharged

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  '15 CENTIMOS' (red) on 20 c olive

The first non-overprinted official stamps of Costa Rica appeared in 1926, they have 'OFICIAL' incorporated in the design.

Postage due stamps

1903 Inscription 'MULTA'

(Images obtained thanks to Francisco A. Di Napoli)

  5 c blue and black
  10 c brown and black
  15 c green and black
  20 c red and black
  25 c grey and black
  30 c brown and black
  40 c yellow and black
  50 c lilac and black

Most values (except 5 c and 10 c) exist with remainder cancel consisting of five parallel lines (see under postage stamps for examples).

1915 Inscription 'MULTA'

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  2 c red
  4 c blue
  8 c green
  10 c violet
  20 c brown

Telegraph Stamps

1892 Postage stamps of 1892 with overprint 'TELEGRAFO'

  5 c violet
  10 c green
  20 c red
  50 c blue

All these stamps are relatively rare.

1907 Train in landscape, inscription 'COSTA RICA TELEGRAFOS'

Here with 'Correos' overprint, used as a postage stamp

  5 c yellow
  5 c lilac (1927)
  10 c blue
  10 c brown (1927)
  25 c violet
  40 c green (1927)
  50 c red
  50 c blue (1927)
  1 C brown
  1 C orange (1927)
  2 C red (exists in two shades of red)
  5 C green
  10 C red

Some of these stamps exist with a 'Correos' overprint to serve as a postage stamp.

1910 Ship, inscription 'COSTA RICA TELEGRAFOS'

Here with 'Correos' overprint

  5 c orange
  10 c blue
  25 c violet
  50 c brown
  1 C brown
  5 C red
  10 c brown

Some of these stamps exist with a 'Correos' overprint to serve as a postage stamp.

Returned letters

1920 Inscription 'CIERRE OFICIAL'

  (-) blue

Issues for Guanacaste

1885-1889 Stamps of Costa Rica, overprinted 'Guanacaste' or 'GUANACASTE', examples:

(Reduced sizes)

Forged overprints exist, examples:

(Forged overprints)

At least the forger Fournier made forged overprints. Examples, taken from a 'Fournier Album of Philatelic Forgeries':

Five different forged 'GUANACASTE' or 'Guanacaste' overprints made by Fournier.

Fiscal stamps (Timbre Proporcional)

Inscription 'SECRETARIA DE HACIENDA DE LA REPUBLICA DE COSTA RICA'

(1870 issue, background white)

In this 1870 design were issued: 5 c black, 10 c brown, 25 c green, 50 c red, 1 P orange, 2 P brown, 2 1/2 P violet, 5 P green, 10 P green, 25 P red, 50 P violet and 100 P blue. The value is always in black. An error 10 c green also seems to exist.

(1883 issue)

More fiscal stamps exist.

In 1883 the above design with letters in the background was issued in the values 5 c black, 10 c brown, 25 c green, 50 c red, 1 P orange, 2 P brown, 2 1/2 P violet, 5 P green, 10 P green and 25 P red.

Postal Stationery

Examples:

(Reduced sizes)

Reduced size, I've seen 5 c orange in the same design.

Pre-Stamp cancels

A very illustrative cancel of 'PUNTA-ARENAS' of 1848 with an image of a ship.

Fournier Album

Some genuine stamps of Costa-Rica accidentally ended up in the Fournier Album with a 'FAUX' overprint. These were actually stamps that were supposed to have been overprinted by Fournier.

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