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GUATEMALA 1879-1896

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1879 Quetzal bird

Value in Reales

  1/4 r brown and green
  1 r black and green

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1/4 r	***	***
1 r	***	***

Surcharged

(Sorry, no pictures available)

  '1 centavo' on 1/4 r brown and green
  '10 centavos' on 1 r black and green

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 c on 1/4 r	***	***
10 c on 1 r	***	***

Value in Centavos (1882)

1 c black and green

  1 c black and green
  2 c brown and green
  5 c red and green
  10 c grey and green
  20 c yellow and green

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 c	*	*
2 c	c	*	Exists with inverted center: RRR
5 c	*	*	Exists with inverted center: RRR
10 c	*	*
20 c	*	*	Exists with inverted center: RRR

1886 Railway stamps (Ferrocarril Al Norte) overprinted 'Correos Nacionales Guatemala' (all the overprints have a slightly different design)

75 c red 100 c red 150 c red

  25 c red
  50 c red
  75 c red
  100 c red
  150 c red

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
25 c	*	*
50 c	*	*
75 c	*	*
100 c	*	*
150 c	*	*

Various errors exist in the overprints.

1886 Quetzal bird, new design, only one color

1 c blue 2 c brown 2 c red 6 c green

  1 c blue
  1 c green (1900)
  2 c brown
  2 c red (1900)
  5 c violet
  5 c blue (1900)
  6 c lilac (1887)
  6 c green (1900)
  10 c red
  10 c brown (1900)
  20 c green
  20 c violet (1900)
  20 c brown (1902)
  25 c orange
  25 c yellow (1900)
  25 c green (1902)
  50 c green
  75 c red
  100 c brown
  150 c blue
  200 c yellow

The first stamps issued in 1886 are lithographed, the later ones are engraved. All the stamps have perforation 12.
Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
1 c blue * c Lithographed: ***
1 c green c c
2 c brown * c Lithographed: R
2 c red c c
5 c violet * c Two types: small or larger '5'. Lithographed: **
5 c blue * * Only one type: large '5'
6 c lilac ** c
6 c green * c
10 c red * * Lithographed: **
10 c brown * *
20 c green *** ** Lithographed: **
20 c violet ** **
20 c brown ** **
25 c orange *** **
25 c yellow ** ** Lithographed: ***
25 c green ** **
50 c *** *** Only issued lithographed
75 c *** *** Only issued lithographed
100 c *** *** Only issued lithographed
150 c *** *** Only issued lithographed
200 c R *** Only issued lithographed

Surcharged
1886:

  'PROVISIONAL 1886. 1 UN CENTAVO' on 2 c brown

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 c on 2 c	*	*	Lithographed, exists with inverted overprint and other errors

1894:

'1894 1 CENTAVO' on 2 c brown

  '1894 1 CENTAVO' on 2 c brown
  '1894 2 CENTAVOS' (blue) on 100 c brown
  '1894 6 CENTAVOS' (red) on 150 c blue
  '1894 10 CENTAVOS' (blue) on 75 c red
  '1894 10 CENTAVOS' (blue) on 200 c yellow

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 c on 2 c	*	*
2 c on 100 c	**	**
6 c on 150 c	**	**
10 c on 75 c	***	***
10 c on 200 c	***	**

1895:

  '1895 1 CENTAVO' (red, 1895 in top) on 5 c violet
  '1 CENTAVO 1895' (red, 1895 at the bottom) on 5 c violet

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
'1895 1 CENTAVO' on 5 c	*	*	Inverted overprints exist: ***
'1 CENTAVO 1895' on 5 c	*	c	Two types of overprint, inverted overprints exist: R

1898:

  '1898 1 centavo' (red) on 5 c violet
  '1898 1 centavo' on 25 c orange
  '1898 1 centavo' (red) on 50 c green
  '1898 1 centavo' on 75 c red
  '1898 6 centavos' (red) on 5 c violet
  '1898 6 centavos' (overprint black) on 10 c red
  '1898 6 centavos' (overprint black) on 20 c green  '
  '1898 6 centavos' on 100 c brown
  '1898 6 centavos' (overprint red) on 150 c blue
  '1898 6 centavos' on 200 c yellow
  '1898 10 centavos' (overprint red) on 20 c green

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 c on 5 c	*	*
1 c on 25 c	*	*
1 c on 50 c	*	*	Exists with inverted overprint: R
1 c on 75 c	*	*
6 c on 5 c	*	*	Exists with inverted overprint: ***
6 c on 10 c	*	*	Exists with inverted overprint: ***
6 c on 20 c	***	***	Exists with inverted overprint: ***
6 c on 100 c	***	***
6 c on 150 c	***	***
6 c on 200 c	***	***	Exists with inverted overprint:R
10 c on 20 c	***	***

1899:
  'Un 1 Centavo 1899' (red) on 5 c violet

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 c on 5 c	*	*	Exists with inverted overprint: ***

1900:

  '1900 1 CENTAVO' on 10 c red

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 c on 10 c	c	c	Exists with inverted overprint: ***

1901:
  'UN 1 CENTAVO 1901'on 25 c orange
  '1901 1 CENTAVO' on 20 c green
  '1902 2 CENTAVOS' on 20 c green

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 c on 25 c	*	*
1 c on 20 c	*	*	Exists with inverted overprint: ***
2 c on 20 c	**	**

1903:
  '1903 25 CENTAVOS' on 1 c green
  '1903 25 CENTAVOS' on 2 c red
  '1903 25 CENTAVOS' on 6 c green
  '1903 25 CENTAVOS' on 10 c brown
  '1903 25 CENTAVOS' on 75 c red
  '1903 25 CENTAVOS' (overprint red) on 150 c blue
  '1903 25 CENTAVOS' on 200 c yellow

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
25 c on 1 c	*	*	Exists with inverted overprint: R
25 c on 2 c	*	*
25 c on 6 c	*	*	Exists with inverted overprint: R
25 c on 10 c	**	**
25 c on 75 c	***	***
25 c on 150 c	R	***
25 c on 200 c	***	***

Bogus (!) provisional overprints of 1898

6 c on 2 c brown (black overprint)

  '1898 6 centavos' (overprint red or black) on 2 c brown
  '1898 6 centavos' (overprint red) on 10 c red
  '1898 6 centavos' (overprint red) on 20 c green
  '1898 10 centavos' (overprint black) on 20 c green

I've been told that the next overprint is forged, I have no further information:

Some mute cancels on this issue:

1 c blue '1894 1 CENTAVO' on 2 c brown

1894 Provisional issue, inscription '1894 Rpbca de Guata'

(Reduced size)

"violet star" cancellation
(Special cancellation or fiscal cancellation?)

  1 c red
  5 c lilac
  10 c yellow

These stamps are actually fiscal stamps.

Guatemala 1897-1920

Copyright by Evert Klaseboer

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