Chile : State telegraph

Thanks for making "The Stamp Forum" a more organised place  

Here is CHILE  information, by our own "The Stamp Forum" member, Blair, about 7 years ago........
(some of the links may now be invalid)



Hello again.
A Telegraphos from Chile that I can't find a number for:
cjoint.com/data/fqnIHomaMO.htm

It seems to fit the description in Scotts - Chile - A13, without the
overprint.
Scotts gave a number to similar stamps in other countries - Portugal,
Cuba for example, but I can't find anything in the Chile listings.
Thanks!
Jack

Hello Jack:

This is a telegraph stamp (basically a type of Revenue stamp
for a fee paid on telegrams) . It was not valid for postage,
so Scott will not list it.
Here is an article from Linn's in 2003 about telegraph stamps:
www.linns.com/howto/refresher/theroad_20031013/refreshercourse.asp
In some countries, such stamps were also valid for postage of
letters. In such cases, Scott WILL list them. They are
sometimes known as postal-fiscals.

An interesting summary of the history of the telegraph in
Chile (first in South America) can be found on page 3 of
the following document:
www.ieee.org/organizations/history_center/cht_papers/Carvallo-Fernandini.pdf

In 1904, some Chilean telegraph stamps were OVERPRINTED
"correos", across the top, and used for postage. If you
look at Chile Scott #59, you will see your telegraph stamp,
but with the postal overprint. The catalogue value of #59
is 0.25 mint 0.20 used.

There is also a specialized catalogue for Chile, called
the Heise colour catalogue. The last edition that I know
of is 2002/3 (price £25.00), but I do not know if it
covers revenue and telegraph stamps, or just postage stamps.

I hope that this has been helpful.
Blair (TC)

Hi
Scott's catalogs do not list non-US telegraph stamps. The one you
illustrated was issued in 1893 as part of a set of 6 ranging from 2c to 10 P
for the large size perf 12 and in 1894 as a set of 5 ranging from 2c to 1 P
for a small size, perf 11. Yvert et Tellier catalogues are better for world
wide telegraphs.
Art

Nah!  Crikey,  "The Stamp Forum" allows 12,000  gaffes before we become concerned.   

You merely crossed named,  possibly in your speed to post,  you named your Chile, "Colombia",  and your Colombia, "Chile"
easy enough to do.

Kudos to you for posting, and showing interesting material.

"Lifetime supporters" are exempt from any disciplinary action.
Your excellent character precedes you.

Reviving this old thread as I just found the three 1st telegraph stamps of Chile in one of my books and I have to say I rather like them.

Michel # 1 - 3, 1891:

Nice set spain1850! It looks like I have the 20c on blued paper from your set.

It's also nice to see that there are more than are listed in my Michel catalog, which just lists 4 stamps and claims they're from 1891:

Thanks for the link spain1850 - it would appear all of mine have the telegraph cancel on them with the star in the centre.