SPAIN QUEEN ISABELLA, 1866-1868

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1866 Queen Isabella II in a circle

20 c lilac

  2 cu red
  4 cu blue
  12 cu orange
  10 cen green
  19 cu brown
  20 cen lilac

For the specialist, these stamps have perforation 14.

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 cu	R	***
4 cu	***	*
12 cu	R	**
10 cen	R	R
19 cu	RRR	RR
20 cen	***	***

Postal forgery of the 20 c

A postal forgery exists of the 20 c value. It is described in 'Postal Forgeries of the World' by H.G.L. Fletcher. It is printed in greyish green instead of lilac. The small castle in the upper left top corner is different from the genuine stamp.

I've also seen many philatelic forgeries, examples:

(Forgeries)

(Segui forgery of the 2 c value)

Fournier forgeries from a Fournier Album.

I've seen imperforate Segui forgeries of the values 2c, 12 c, 10 c and 20 c.

(Front and backside of a Sperati forgery of the 19 c value)

Dot just beside the shading lines at the level of the foot of the lion.

The above forgery of the 19 c was made by Sperati. There is a break in the ornament in the lower right corner in these forgeries. There is also a dot in the shading lines level with the foot of the lion (see image above). Sperati used genuine stamps from which he removed the image to create the above forgeries. Therefore the cancels and paper are genuine.

1866 Queen Isabella II, inscription 'CORREOS' (as 1864 type)

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  20 c brown

For the specialist; this stamp has perforation 14.

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
20 c	R	***

I've been told that this is a forgery:

Another primitive forgery of the 2 c 1864 value. Next to it a 1866 perforated 20 c forgery of the same forger.

1867 Queen Isabella II, Various frames

12 Cs orange 10 c green

  2 Cuartos brown
  4 Cuartos blue
  12 Cuartos yellow (orange after August 1869)
  19 Cuartos red
  19 Cuartos brown 
  10 Cent de Esc green
  20 Cent de Esc lilac
  25 Mils de Esc blue
  25 Mils de Esc blue and red
  50 Mils de Esc brown
  50 Mils de Esc brown (other design, 1868)
  100 Mils de Esc brown
  200 Mils de Esc green

For the specialist, these stamps have perforation 14.

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 cu	R	***
4 cu	***	*
12 cu	R	*	orange: ***
19 cu red	RRR	RR
19 cu brown	RRR	RRR
10 cen	R	***
20 cen	***	**
25 mil blue	R	***
25 mil blue and red	R	***
50 mil	**	c
50 mil	**	c	Other design
100 mil	R	R
200 mil	***	***

The remainders of these stamps were sold to dealers, they were surcharged with three horizontal bars:

In 1868/69 some of these stamps were overprinted 'HABILITADO POR LA NACION', example:

Example of a 'Habilitado' overprint

This overprint exists in 2 official types. Besides that, there are many 'local' overprints of a private or fiscal character. All these overprints are rare to extremely rare. A complete overview can be found at: 1868 'Habilitado' overprints.

For forgeries (both postal and philatelic) of the 1867 issue, click here.

Fiscal stamps

Fiscal stamps with Queen Isabella, example:

(Inscription 'RECIBOS')

These fiscal stamps are not very common.

Fiscal stamp of the Philippines, portrait of Queen Isabella with inscription 'DS. DE FIRMA';:

In this design exist: 1 P brown, 2 P red and 5 P blue. Other fiscal stamps with Queen Isabella with inscription 'DERECHOS DE FIRMA' exist for the Philippines.