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SPAIN 1879

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1879 King Alfonso XII, inscription "CORREOS Y TELEGs"

2 c black 5 c green 20 c brown 25 c blue 40 c brown 50 c orange 50 c orange 1 P red 4 P grey, telegraphic cancel (hole) 10 P brown Certified genuine

  2 c black
  5 c green
  10 c red
  20 c brown
  25 c blue
  40 c brown
  50 c orange
  1 p red
  4 p grey
  10 p brown

These stamps have perforation 14.

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
2 c * *  
5 c * *  
10 c * c  
20 c *** **  
25 c ** c  
40 c ** *  
50 c *** *  
1 P *** *  
4 P RR ***  
10 P RR R   
Other design (1882)

  15 c orange
  30 c lilac
  75 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
15 c * c  
30 c *** *  
75 c *** *  

Stamps cancelled with three bars, after they became obsolete and were sold to a stamp dealer:

Stamps with a hole are used for telegraphic purposes (and are of much less value than postally used stamps: *):

5 c green, telegraphic cancel (hole) 10 P brown, telegraphic cancel (hole)

I have several stamps of Spain with a double impression, they are printers waste. A huge amount of this material must have ended up in collectors hands (judging by the quantity of which I have seen them):

Double impression
(Reduced size)


A primitive forgery 25 c brown.

Postal stationery

Postal stationery exists in the similar designs:

Inscription "CORREOS Y TELEGRAFOS" (1882)
  10 c blue
  15 c green

Inscription "COMUNICACIONES" (1884)
  5 c green
  10 c red
  15 c brown

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