Colombia : States : Santander : Medio Cvo Surcharge
Aug 17, 2019 16:28:44 GMT
Jerry B, Beryllium Guy, and 1 more like this
Post by Will on Aug 17, 2019 16:28:44 GMT
Hey folks... On a previous post I mentioned that I was kinda trying to make sense off of the Santander/Cucuta 1907 overprints used on their 1904 and 1905 stamps. I believe I made some progress. So far, only on the Medio Cvo. surcharge.
I'll start by saying that I don't have any literature about these pieces except what's in the catalogs, which is not enough. Jerry B sent me a great online resource: An article on PaperHeritage on these series. This one was very very useful. Later on I realized that I've crossed lines with Andrew, its author, for another Railway stamps but that's another story.
From Andrew's article, it seemed that the sheet was composed of five types arranged in the following pattern:
When confronting my pieces with the surcharges I found on the catalogs, and even on Andrew's article, there was a clear difference between some of them. Specially these folks here:
Just for comparison, this is the image of the surcharges shown in most catalogs:
My pieces did'nt match any of these overprints... I was lucky to find a full sheet of surcharged Santander 1905 50 centavos stamp so I started to study it:
And I could identified a few varieties of the regular types and what I think should be considered a new type.
Again... I don't have any other literature about these pieces so I could be totally inventing the sliced bread here... My apologies if that's the case.
Anyway... The varieties in the overprint that I found are located in the following positions:
Type 1a, position 16.
Minor variety where "Medio" is slightly shifted to the right.
Comparison with a regular T1:
Type 2a, position 5.
Left part of "C" cut flat.
Type 2b, position 25.
"Cvo." is shifted to the right so the middle stroke of "M" points to the bold body of the C.
Comparison of a regular Type 2 with a T2a and T2b:
Type 4a, position 7, and 21.
Minor variety where the top serif of "d" in "Medio" is round instead of the regular square.
Comparison with a regular T4:
And what I'd consider a new type:
Type 6, position 22.
Similar to T1a and T2b. Left part of C is cut flat and "Cvo." is shifted to the right so the middle stroke of "M" points to the bold body of the C.
Comparison with a T1:
So, back to Andrew's article, an updated chart would be something like this:
This is what I've found so far. And just because I had a hard time identifying the subtle differences between a Type 1 and a Type 2, I'll leave a compa here for those too:
That's all for now.
I'll start by saying that I don't have any literature about these pieces except what's in the catalogs, which is not enough. Jerry B sent me a great online resource: An article on PaperHeritage on these series. This one was very very useful. Later on I realized that I've crossed lines with Andrew, its author, for another Railway stamps but that's another story.
From Andrew's article, it seemed that the sheet was composed of five types arranged in the following pattern:
When confronting my pieces with the surcharges I found on the catalogs, and even on Andrew's article, there was a clear difference between some of them. Specially these folks here:
Just for comparison, this is the image of the surcharges shown in most catalogs:
My pieces did'nt match any of these overprints... I was lucky to find a full sheet of surcharged Santander 1905 50 centavos stamp so I started to study it:
And I could identified a few varieties of the regular types and what I think should be considered a new type.
Again... I don't have any other literature about these pieces so I could be totally inventing the sliced bread here... My apologies if that's the case.
Anyway... The varieties in the overprint that I found are located in the following positions:
Type 1a, position 16.
Minor variety where "Medio" is slightly shifted to the right.
Comparison with a regular T1:
Type 2a, position 5.
Left part of "C" cut flat.
Type 2b, position 25.
"Cvo." is shifted to the right so the middle stroke of "M" points to the bold body of the C.
Comparison of a regular Type 2 with a T2a and T2b:
Type 4a, position 7, and 21.
Minor variety where the top serif of "d" in "Medio" is round instead of the regular square.
Comparison with a regular T4:
And what I'd consider a new type:
Type 6, position 22.
Similar to T1a and T2b. Left part of C is cut flat and "Cvo." is shifted to the right so the middle stroke of "M" points to the bold body of the C.
Comparison with a T1:
So, back to Andrew's article, an updated chart would be something like this:
This is what I've found so far. And just because I had a hard time identifying the subtle differences between a Type 1 and a Type 2, I'll leave a compa here for those too:
That's all for now.