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1 din blue (two types, wavy or zigzag lines in background) 1 peseta red (two types, wavy or zigzag lines in background) 1/2 peso (0.50 centimos) yellow to red
The plates of the 1 d and 1 p values with the zigzag lines in the background were worn very quickly and the background pattern behind the horn has disappeared in later issues and appears as white only. These plates were retouched (in 1860?) and can be recognized by the fact that the zigzag lines do not touch each other any more:
Retouched 1 d plate, zigzag lines behind the circle do not touch
each other any more
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| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
With wavy lines in background |
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| 1 din | RR | R | Also exists with 'UN DINERO' larger: RR |
| 1 peseta | RRR | RR | Also exists with 'UNA PESETA' larger: RR |
| 1/2 peso | RRR | RRR | Misprint in red: RRR |
| With zigzag lines
in background (also exists retouched with the zigzag lines broken at the corners) |
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| 1 din | RR | R | |
| 1 peseta | RRR | RR | |
There exists a forgery of the 'UNA PESETA' with wrong inscription 'UN PESETO':
('UN PESETO')
A Senf forgery of the 1/2 peso, with green 'FALSCH' (=forged in German) overprint:
Senf forgery with a green 'FALSCH!' overprint.
The above Senf forgery is described in Album Weeds (as the second forgery of the 1/2 p).
I've been told that this is a forgery, I have no further
information
Some other forgeries (made by Fohl?)
The bottom inscription of the 1/2 p should be 'CORREOS', it is 'MEDIO PESO' in the above forgery. In the 1 P, the inscription is 'UN PESETO' instead of 'UNA PESETA'. I've been told they could have been produced by the forger Fohl in 1874. They often bear the cancel 'CORREOS 7.1.60. II-III' with some undecipherable numbers in a circle or something with '.. UX' in a large circle. I presume these are the forgeries described as first forgeries in the book 'Album Weeds'. I've also seen a 1 P Fohl forgery in a more brownish shade.
Forgeries made by Young in 1870.
A forgery made by Schroder in Leipzig (Germany) about 1892,
printed as a mirror image.
These forgeries appear to have been made by S. Friedl in 1872 (in
black and white) with many errors in the design, the 1 D is in
the design of the 1862 issue
Forgery of the 1/2 p stamp
A Sperati forgery of the 1/2 peso stamp:
The above stamp is a Sperati forgery of the 1/2 peso orange-yellow stamp. It appeared in 1952. Sperati's forgeries are dangerous and quite rare. On this particular forgery he has applied a fake CHACH cancel, (he seems to have made seven different cancels for this issue). This stamp comes from a handbook made by the British Philatelic Association (see the backside). In this Sperati forgery, the upper left top frame has an extension. I've also seen this Sperati forgery with a similar 'CALLAO' cancel. I've also seen an uncancelled Sperati forgery, but in the color red. Also a red color stamp with cancel 'NEPENA':
Uncancelled Sperati forgery and Sperati forgery with 'PASCO'
cancel
The forged Sperati cancels that can be found in the BPA handbook are: 'PAITA' in a straight line, 'ATA' in a straight line, 'CALLAO' surrounded by dots, 'CHACH' surrounded by dots, 'PASCO' surrounded by dots, 'LIMA' in ellipse surrounded by dots, 'LIMA' surrounded by '1', '2' and dots.
This forgery on piece of the 1/2 p has the word 'CORREOS'
slanting
1 pta brown 1 pta orange (1868)
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| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| 1 pta brown | RR | RR | |
| 1 pta orange | RR | R | |
Reduced size
The above forgeries have been attributed to Eberhardt about 1884. I have no further information.
1 dinero red 1 dinero green (coloured background behind arms)
These stamps exist with inverted embossing, value: RR.
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| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| 1 d red | R | ** | |
| 1 d green | R | ** | |
I've been told that this is an essay of the 1 D in black
Some typical cancels:
Lima grill cancels
Mollendo cancel in a box
Lima and Callao town and date cancel
Pen cancel
Eberhardt forgery, reduced size
The above forgery has been attributed to Eberhardt about 1884. I have no further information.
5 c green 5 c red (1895) 10 c red 10 c orange (1895) 20 c brown 20 c blue (1895) Official stamps, overprinted 'GOBIERNO' in a rectangle
(Sorry, no picture available yet)
5 c red 20 c blue
The perforation of these stamps is 12.
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| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| 5 c green | *** | * | |
| 5 c red | ** | * | |
| 10 c red | *** | * | |
| 10 c orange | * | * | |
| 20 c brown | R | *** | |
| 20 c blue | *** | *** | |
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| 5 c red | R | R | |
| 20 c blue | R | R | |
Forgeries, example:
I've been told that the above forgeries are made by Spiro, note the strange cancels (an ellipse with 6 horizontal lines). For the specialist: these stamps are lithographed instead of engraved. They are described in 'The Spud Papers XLIII' in greater detail. They appeared around 1875.
Zechmeyer forgery of the 10 c red value produced in 1875, quite
deceptive
Two forgeries of the 10 c red value made by the forger Levy in
1878, the words 'DIEZ CENTAVOS' are too small
(I've been told that this stamp is genuine)
2 c blue
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| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| 2 c | RR | RRR | |
Forgeries of this stamp exist, examples:
According to the Serrane guide, the original stamp has a thinner
left frameline than the other framelines. A reprint (the above
stamp?) exists with the left frameline thicker.
Imitations in grey colour. According to the Serrane guide, these
grey forgeries are based on the reprint. If my information is
correct these forgeries and reprints were produced by Mr.Eberhard
in Valparaiso.
A 'Tapling Essay'(?) in red or a forgery? The design is identical
to an illustration in the Stamp Collectors Magazine 1874 Vol 12,
page 13.
5 c red
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| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| 5 c | RR | RR | Two shades of red exist |
This stamp was supposed to be used on letters carried by the railroad between Chorillos, Lima and Callao. The stamps were printed one at a time in a long band (thus only pairs or strips can exist, no blocks, source: 'The World of Classic Stamps' by J.A.Mackay). An image of a strip of four stamps can be found at: http://www.sandafayre.com/gallery/stamp_2855.htm.
Forgery in a slightly different design: the central part is
printed instead of embossed. The 'I' of 'CINCO' is incorporated
in the inner left frame line. The design is identical to an
illustration in the Stamp Collectors Magazine 1874 Vol 12, page
13 (the black image shown above).
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