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Stamps issued during the Carlist insurrection in northern Spain (1873-1874). Don Carlos attempted to seize the throne of Spain in 1872 but he lost and went to France in 1876. Used stamps of this period are very rare (careful with forged cancels, I have also seen them on reprints).
1 Rl blue
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vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon |
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| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| 1 Rl | R | RR | Seems to exist on thin paper as well |
(I've been told that this is a genuinly cancelled stamp)
This stamp exists in two types; with or without tilde above the 'N' of 'ESPANA'. Very dangerous forgeries exist (see: http://www.graus.com for more details). The type without tilde also exists on thinner paper.
Spiro made a forgery of this stamp. These forgeries are (always?) cancelled with a pattern of dots.
(Probably a forgery of the 1 Rl blue stamp)
In the genuine stamps, the rounded upper right corner of the lower left tablet with '1.rl.' almost touches the oval above it. In this forgery, there is a large white space between this corner and the oval.
Reprints of the 1 Rl blue stamp exists (in both types), they were made in 1881 in Paris (see Album Weeds) and in 1887. The impressions seems to be more blurred, especially the hair under the 'N' of 'FRANQUEO'. Even reprints in black exist (a black proof exists as well). I think the two following stamps are reprints:
I've been told that the next stamp is a forgery:
A stamp with a forged cancel:
(Forged cancel)
Another stamp in the colour lilac, probably a forgery. The beard
is less pronounced. In my view, the '1's are thinner. I've also
seen this forgery in the color red.
1 Rl violet
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vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon |
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare |
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| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| 1 Rl | R | RR | |
(Spiro forgeries)
Spiro made a forgery of this stamp. There is a small white space between the vertical frameline at the left and the circle (in the genuine stamps there is no such white space). The nose is pointed in this forgery, instead of being rounded. Furthermore this forgery is usually cancelled with a pattern of dots (genuinely used stamps are very rare). This forgery is also described in 'Focus on Forgeries' by Varro E. Tyler.
50 c green 1 R brown 16 m red (issued for Catalonia)
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vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon |
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare |
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| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| 50 c | * | R | |
| 1 R | * | R | |
| 16 m | ** | RR | |
The 16 m is very rare in used condition; if it is used, it mostly has a pencancel.
(Spiro forgeries)
(Zoom in of the eye of a Spiro forgery)
A Spiro forgery exists of the 16 m value, it has a comma just above the eyebrow. This forgery is described in Album Weeds, it is usually cancelled with a square of dots.
Spiro forgeries?:
(Forgeries)
Note, that in the above 1 R forgery, the patterns in the side corners are the same as in the 50 c value. However, in the genuine stamps, these patterns are different (they start and end differently).
Here some Spiro forgeries which were pasted in a Fournier Album;
this indicates that Fournier also sold Spiro products.
1/2 r red
There are two types of these stamps, in type I the label containing 'ESPANA VALENCIA' touches the upper frame and the '1/2' is placed exactly between 'CORREOS' and 'REAL. In type II the label 'ESPANA VALENCIA' is at some distance from the upper frameline and the '1/2' is placed nearer to 'REAL'.
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vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon |
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare |
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| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| 1/2 r | R | RR | |
Forgeries exist, probably made by Spiro. The tilde over the 'N' of 'ESPANA' is curly and touches the 'N'. There are other differences (see for example Album Weeds, where this forgery has been described).
(Forgery)
(other forgeries)
Some forgeries in greenish grey exist, with 5 stamps printed in a vertical strip and "DIOS PATRIA REY" printed at the side.
Image obtained thanks to Gerhard Lang
Some cancels (I'm not sure if they are genuine):
Forged cancels:
(these genuine stamps have forged cancels)
To the best of my knowledge the following cut of a postal stationery with inscription 'CORREOS CARLOS SEPTIMO REY DE LAS ESPANAS TRES CUARTOS' is a bogus issue:
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