PERU 1874-1894

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1874 Various designs; Sun, Arms

Reduced size

With embossed grill 1 S brown

  1 c yellow (sun)
  1 c violet (sun 1886)
  1 c red (sun 1895)
  2 c violet (arms)
  2 c green (arms 1886)
  2 c blue (arms 1895)
  5 c blue (arms)
  5 c orange (arms 1886)
  10 c green
  10 c grey (arms 1884)
  20 c red
  20 c blue (1886)
  50 c green
  50 c red (1886
  1 S red (sun)
  1 S brown (sun 1886)

A 1 c green and 2 c red should only exist with overprint, but apparently do also exist without it (***).

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
1 c yellow (orange) * *  
1 c violet * c  
1 c red * *  
2 c violet ** **  
2 c green * c  
5 c blue *** *  
5 c orange * c  
10 c green c c  
10 c grey * c  
20 c red *** **  
20 c blue *** *  
50 c green *** ***  
50 c red *** **  
1 S red *** ***  
1 S brown ** **  

Some of these stamps have an embossed grill on them (see the 20 c for example). WARNING; many of the overprints now to be described have been forged. Even bogus issues exist; overprints on stamps that never received this overprint genuinly.

1880 Overprinted 'UNION POSTAL UNIVERSAL PERU PLATA'in an ellipse (some colours of the stamps have changed) 

  1 c green (overprint red)
  2 c red (overprint blue or black)
  5 c blue (overprint red)
  50 c green (overprint red)
  1 S red (overprint blue)

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
1 c ** ** Inverted overprint: R
2 c ** ** Black overprint: R
5 c ** ** Inverted overprint: R
50 c R R  
1 S RR RR  

1880 Overprinted 'UNION POSTAL UNIVERSAL LIMA PLATA' (LIMA instead of PERU) in an ellipse (some colours have changed) 

  1 c green (overprint red)
  2 c red (overprint blue or black)
  5 c blue (overprint red)
  10 c green (overprint red)
  50 c green (overprint red)
  1 S red (overprint blue)

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
1 c * *  
2 c *** ***  
5 c ** **  
50 c RRR RRR  
1 S RR RR  

1884 Overprinted 'CORREOS LIMA' and sun

5 c blue

  5 c blue

This overprint seems to have been applied to other stamps unofficially and were sold to stamp collectors. I have seen it on postage stamps: 1 c orange, 1 c green, 2 c violet, 2 c red; on a postage due stamp of 1879 (1 c brown) and on postage due stamps of 1874 (10 c orange, 20 c blue and 50 c brown).

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
5 c ** *  

Occupation of Peru by Chili, stamps of Peru overprinted with the arms of Chili, arms with star and eagle 

  1 c yellow (overprint blue)
  2 c violet
  2 c red
  5 c blue (overprint red)
  10 c green (overprint red)
  20 c brown (overprint black or blue): prepared, but not issued

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
1 c * *  
2 c violet * *  
2 c red ** **  
5 c R R  
10 c * *  
20 c RR RR Black or blue overprint same value

Occupation of Peru by Chili, stamps of Peru overprinted with the arms of Chili, arms with star and eagle, and further overprinted with a horseshoe 

  1 c green (arms red)
  5 c blue (arms red)
  50 c red (arms blue or black)
  1 S blue (arms red)

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
1 c * *  
5 c * *  
50 c ** *** Black or blue overprint same value
1 S *** ***  

1883 Overprinted with a horseshoe

1 c green

  1 c green
  2 c orange
  5 c blue

The values 50 c and 1 S with this overprint were not issued (RR).

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
1 c *** ***  
2 c *** ***  
5 c *** ***  

1883 Overprinted with a triangle, inscription 'PERU'

Image obtained thanks to Christer Bergstrom 

  1 c yellow
  5 c blue
  10 c green
  50 c green
  1 S red

The 1 c green, 2 c violet also seem to exist with this overprint (R).

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
1 c * *  
5 c RR RR  
10 c ** ** With blue overprint: ***
50 c R ***  
1 S R R  

1883 Double overprint: triangle and ellipse with 'UNION POSTAL PERU' (issue of 1880)

 

  1 c green
  5 c blue
  50 c green (ellipse in red)
  1 S red (ellipse in blue)

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
1 c *** ***  
5 c RR R  
50 c RR RR  
1 S RR RR  

1883 Double overprint triangle and ellipse with 'UNION POSTAL LIMA' (issue of 1880) 

  1 c green (ellipse red)
  2 c red (ellipse blue)
  5 c blue (ellipse red)
  50 c green
  1 S red (ellipse blue)

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
1 c *** *** With blue overprint: R
2 c *** ***  
5 c R R With blue overprint: ***
50 c RR RR  
1 S RR R  

1883 Double overprint horseshoe and triangle 

  1 c green (triangle black or red)
  2 c red
  5 c blue (triangle black or red)

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
1 c * * With black overprint: ***
2 c * *  
5 c ** **  

1884 Official stamp, overprinted 'DE OFICIO' (violet) 

  10 c grey

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
10 c ? ?  

1890 Official stamp, overprinted 'GOBIERNO' (red) in a rectangle


(reduced size)

  1 c violet
  1 c red (1895)
  2 c green
  2 c blue (1895)
  5 c orange
  10 c grey
  20 c blue
  50 c red
  1 S brown

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
1 c violet ** **  
1 c red RR R  
2 c green ** **  
2 c blue RR R  
5 c R R  
10 c *** **  
20 c *** ***  
50 c *** ***  
1 S R R  

1894 Overprinted with the head of President Morales Bermudez 

  1 c yellow
  1 c green
  2 c violet
  2 c red
  5 c blue
  10 c green
  50 c green


2 c red with inverted head

This overprint was issued on 23 October 1894. Inverted and double overprints exist. Forged overprints exist, but I've been told that the genuine overprints can be recognized by the very tiny initials 'J.H.' of the engraver (I have no further information).

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
1 c yellow (orange) * * Inverted head: R
1 c green * * Inverted head: ***
2 c violet * * Inverted head: R
2 c red * * Inverted head: R
5 c *** *** Inverted head: RR
10 c * c Inverted head: R
50 c ** **  

1894 Official stamps, overprinted 'GOBIERNO' (red) in a rectangle and overprinted with the head of President Morales Bermudez 

  1 c green
  2 c violet
  2 c red
  5 c blue
  10 c green
  50 c green

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
1 c ** **  
2 c violet *** **  
2 c red *** ***  
5 c RR RR  
10 c *** ***  
50 c R R  

1894 Overprinted with the head of President Morales Bermudez and further surcharged with a horseshoe 

  2 c red
  5 c blue
  50 c red
  1 S blue

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
2 c * * Inverted head: ***
5 c ** ** Inverted head: R
50 c R R  
1 S RR RR  

1894 Official stamps, overprinted 'GOBIERNO' (red) in a rectangle and overprinted with the head of President Morales Bermudez and further surcharged with a horseshoe 

  2 c red
  5 c blue

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
2 c *** ***  
5 c ** **  


(Probably a bogus issue, 3 different overprints: 'LIMA CORREOS' in a red circle, triangle and horseshoe overprints in black)

The overprint have been forged, among the forgeries, those of Fournier:


(Forged overprints taken from a Fournier Album)

Forgeries, example:

2 c violet, forgery!

I've been told that the above forgery is made by Spiro, as far as I know, it is always cancelled with the above 4 rings cancel. It is always printed too heavily (the design is correct in almost every detail). This forgery is described in Album Weeds.


Spiro forgeries

I have also seen Spiro forgeries of the values 5 c blue, 10 c green, 10 c blue and 20 c red (see images above).

 

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