Preview of Stamps Catalogue: VOLUME 2

GUATEMALA 1886-1896

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1886 Quetzal bird, new design, only one color

  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 2 CENTAVOS' (blue) on 100 c brown
  '1894 6 CENTAVOS' (red) on 150 c blue
  '1894 10 CENTAVOS' 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, 2 types) 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:

A 'GUATEMALA' in a circle cancel as used by the UPU. I've seen several other values with this special cancel.

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

GUATEMALA 1886-1896

1886 Quetzal bird, new design, only one color

1894 Provisional issue, inscription "1894 Rpbca de Guata"

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