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SPAIN QUEEN ISABELLA, 1850-1853

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1850 Queen Isabella II, inscription "CORREOS FRANCO 1850"

  6 Cs black
  12 Cs lilac
  5 Rs red
  6 Rs blue
  10 Rs green

For cancels on first issues of Spain click here.

All these stamps are quite rare (except the 6 c, being the more or less common). For forgeries of the 1850 issue click here.

For the specialist: these stamps exist printed on thick and thin paper.

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

I've been told that this is an essay of 1849, it has 'C ESPANA C' top and a portrait of a woman (not the Queen) with a crown. There is no value indication and the color is red.

1851 Queen Isabella II, inscription "CORREOS FRANCO 1851"

Certified genuine stamps.

  6 Cs black
  12 Cs lilac
  2 Rs red
  5 Rs red
  6 Rs blue
  10 Rs green

The 6 Cs is the most common stamp. All other are quite rare to very rare (the 2 Rs red is very rare). An extremely rare misprint exists: 2 Rs in the colour blue instead of red (only 3 copies known to exist). Other sources say that this 2 Rs blue is a proof and not a misprint. For forgeries of the 1851 issue click here (by the way, I'm not sure that all the above stamps are genuine).

For the specialist: the 6 Cs is printed on thick or thin paper.

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

1852 Queen Isabella II, inscription "CORREOS 1852" and "FRANCO" or "CERTdo"

  6 Cs red
  12 Cs lilac
  2 Rs red
  5 Rs green
  6 Rs blue

These stamps exist without dot behind 'CORREOS'. The 6 Cs is quite common, the 2 Rs is very rare. In the line below the value, slightly to the right there is a small break.

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

For forgeries of these stamps click here.

1853 Queen Isabella II, inscription "1853"

  6 Cs red
  12 Cs purple
  2 Rs red
  5 Rs green
  6 Rs blue

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Very oily cancel:

(Very oily cancel, reduced size)

For forgeries of these stamps click here.

Phillipines issues

These stamps with inscription "CORREOS 1854 Y 55" were issued for the Philippines.

For the 1853 Madrid local issue and the 1854 arms issue click here.

For issues of Spain 1855 Queen Isabella issue and Spain from 1860 to 1865 with Queen Isabella click here.

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