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PERU 1874-1894

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1874 Various designs; Sun, Arms

Reduced size

  1 c yellow (sun)
  1 c violet (sun 1886)
  1 c red (sun 1895)
  2 c violet (arms)
  2 c green (arms 1886)
  2 c blue (arms 1895)
  5 c blue (arms)
  5 c orange (arms 1886)
  10 c green
  10 c grey (arms 1884)
  20 c red
  20 c blue (1886)
  50 c green
  50 c red (1886
  1 S red (sun)
  1 S brown (sun 1886)

Some of these stamps have an embossed grill on them (see the 20 c for example). WARNING; many of the overprints now to be described have been forged. Even bogus issues exist; overprints on stamps that never received this overprint genuinly.

1880 Overprinted 'UNION POSTAL UNIVERSAL PERU PLATA'in an ellipse (some colours have changed)

  1 c green (overprint red)
  2 c red (overprint blue or black)
  5 c blue (overprint red)
  50 c green (overprint red)
  1 S red (overprint blue)

1880 Overprinted 'UNION POSTAL UNIVERSAL LIMA PLATA' (LIMA instead of PERU) in an ellipse (some colours have changed)

  1 c green (overprint red)
  2 c red (overprint blue or black)
  5 c blue (overprint red)
  10 c green (overprint red)
  50 c green (overprint red)
  1 S red (overprint blue)

1884 Overprinted 'CORREOS LIMA' and sun

  5 c blue

Occupation of Peru by Chili, stamps of Peru overprinted with the arms of Chili, arms with star and eagle

5 c blue 20 c brown

  1 c yellow (overprint blue)
  2 c violet
  2 c red
  5 c blue (overprint red)
  10 c green (overprint red)
  20 c brown (overprint black or blue): prepared, but not issued

Occupation of Peru by Chili, stamps of Peru overprinted with the arms of Chili, arms with star and eagle, and further overprinted with a horseshoe

  1 c green (arms red)
  5 c blue (arms red)
  50 c red (arms blue or black)
  1 S blue (arms red)

1883 Overprinted with a horseshoe

  1 c green
  2 c orange
  5 c blue

1883 Overprinted with a triangle, inscription 'PERU'

  1 c yellow
  5 c blue
  10 c green
  50 c green
  1 S red

1883 Double overprint triangle and ellipse with 'PERU' (issue of 1880)

  50 c green (ellipse in red)
  1 Sh red (ellipse in blue)

1883 Double overprint triangle and ellipse with 'LIMA' (issue of 1880)

  1 c green (ellipse red)
  2 c red (ellipse blue)
  5 c blue (ellipse red)
  50 c green
  1 S red (ellipse blue)

1883 Double overprint horseshoe and triangle

  1 c green (triangle black or red)
  2 c red
  5 c blue (triangle black or red)

1884 Official stamp, overprinted 'DE OFICIO' (violet)

  10 c grey

1890 Official stamp, overprinted 'GOBIERNO' (red) in a rectangle

(reduced size)

  1 c violet
  1 c red (1895)
  2 c green
  2 c blue (1895)
  5 c orange
  10 c grey
  20 c blue
  50 c red
  1 S brown

1894 Overprinted with the head of President Morales Bermudez

  1 c yellow
  1 c green
  2 c violet
  2 c red
  5 c blue
  10 c green
  50 c green

1894 Official stamps, overprinted 'GOBIERNO' (red) in a rectangle and overprinted with the head of President Morales Bermudez

  1 c yellow
  1 c green
  2 c violet
  2 c red
  5 c blue
  10 c green
  50 c green

1894 Overprinted with the head of President Morales Bermudez and further surcharged with a horseshoe

  2 c red
  5 c blue
  50 c red
  1 S blue

1894 Official stamps, overprinted 'GOBIERNO' (red) in a rectangle and overprinted with the head of President Morales Bermudez and further surcharged with a horseshoe

  2 c red
  5 c blue

Prepared stamps, but not issued, overprint 'PROVISORIO' and value in circle:

(Probably a bogus issue, 3 different overprints: 'LIMA CORREOS' in a red circle, triangle and horseshoe overprints in black)

The overprint have been forged, among the forgeries, those of Fournier:

(Forged overprints taken from a Fournier Album)

Forgeries, example:

I've been told that the above forgery is made by Spiro, as far as I know, it is always cancelled with the above 4 rings cancel. It is always printed too heavily (the design is correct in almost every detail). This forgery is described in Album Weeds.

I have also seen Spiro forgeries of the values 5 c blue, 10 c green and 20 c red (sorry, no picture available yet).

For stamps of Peru issued from 1895 to 1920, click here.

Copyright by Evert Klaseboer

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