Ricardo Veloso y Cía, Cultural S.A.

Galiano 62 (corner of Neptuno), Havana, Cuba

This firm produced perfins from 1917 to 1949.

Ricardo Veloso Guerra founded Libreria Cervantes in 1910. Eventually boasting the largest inventory of books in Havana, Libreria Cervantes also distinguished itself as the first bookstore in the city to sell books on credit. Veloso also edited and published books for Cervantes. In 1926, Veloso merged his company with Cultural S.A. and they expanded their business in Cuba as well as abroad, but the RV/&/Co. perfins continued despite the change in name of the company. Here are some covers produced in that time:

1932 RVCo Perfin Cover

Used 5 February 1932 to Paris, France.
RV/&/Co. perfin on 5¢ Calixto García definitive (1930) - Scott 306, Edifil 245


1933 RVCo Perfin Cover

Used November 1933 to Concord, New Hampshire, USA.
RV/&/Co. perfin on 3¢ José de la Luz Caballero definitive (1930) - Scott 310, Edifil 253


1939 RVCo Perfin Cover

Used 18 February 1939 within Havana
RV/&/Co. perfin on 2¢ Máximo Gómez rotary press definitive (1930) - Scott 309, Edifil 252


1942 RVCo Perfin Cover

Used 24 March 1942 to New York, NY
RV/&/Co. perfin on 10¢ Fraternity Tree commemorative (1942) - Scott 371, Edifil 351
(The Victory postal tax stamp was not issued until 1 July 1942)


1942 RVCo Perfin Cover

Used 18 January 1946 to San Francisco, CA
RV/&/Co. perfin on 2¢ Communications Workers Retirement issue (1945) - Scott 397, Edifil 380


1942 RVCo Perfin Cover

Used 25 December 1942 to Springfield, Massachusetts
RV/&/Co. perfin on 1¢ Tobacco (1939) - Scott 356, Edifil 330
RV/&/Co. perfin on ½¢ tuberculosis postal tax stamp (1942) - Scott RA7, Edifil 6
RV/&/Co. perfin on ½¢ Victory postal tax stamp (1942) - Scott RA5, Edifil 5


1944 RVCo Perfin Cover

Used 1944 to New York, NY
RV/&/Co. perfin on 10¢ Columbus lighthouse airmail commemorative (1944) - Scott 373, Edifil 353
RV/&/Co. perfin on ½¢ Victory postal tax stamp (1942) - Scott RA5, Edifil 5


1944 RVCo Perfin Cover

Used 1944 to New York, NY
RV/&/Co. perfin on 10¢ Columbus lighthouse airmail commemorative (1944) - Scott 373, Edifil 353
RV/&/Co. perfin on 20¢ National airmail definitive (1931) - Scott C14, Edifil 265


19__ RVCo Perfin Cover

Used 1944 to Boston, MA
RV/&/Co. perfin on2¢ Máximo Gómez rotary press definitive (1930) - Scott 309, Edifil 252


1944 RVCo Perfin Cover

Used January 1946 to Buenos Aires, Argentina
RV/&/Co. perfin on 5¢ Communications Retirement (1945) - Scott 398, Edifil 381
RV/&/Co. perfin on 30¢ International airmail definitive (1931) - Scott C8, Edifil 259

And here are some of the stamps which have RV/&/Co. perfins:

RVCo perfin reverse   Edifil 205   Edifil 206a   Edifil 207   Edifil 208   Edifil 209   Edifil 210   Edifil 211   Edifil 212   Edifil 214   Edifil 215   Edifil 216   Edifil 217   Edifil 219   Edifil 224   Edifil 225   Edifil 226   Edifil 229   Edifil 234   Edifil 235   Edifil 240   Edifil 241   Edifil 242   Edifil 245   Edifil 246   Edifil 247   Edifil 248   Edifil 251   Edifil 252   Edifil 253   Edifil 255   Edifil 256   Edifil 256a   Edifil 257   Edifil 257a   Edifil 258   Edifil 259   Edifil 260   Edifil 261   Edifil 261a   Edifil 263a   Edifil 263b   Edifil 264   Edifil 265   Edifil 266   Edifil 267   Edifil 269   Edifil 270   Edifil 273   Edifil 273A   Edifil 277   Edifil 279   Edifil 280   Edifil 282   Edifil 284   Edifil 293   Edifil 296   Edifil 304   Edifil 328   Edifil 329   Edifil 330   Edifil 331   Edifil 332   Edifil 334   Edifil 335   Edifil 336   Edifil 337   Edifil 338   Edifil 339   Edifil 340   Edifil 342   Edifil 345   Edifil 346   Edifil 347   Edifil 348   Edifil 349   Edifil 350   Edifil 351   Edifil 353   Edifil 354   Edifil 357   Edifil 360   Edifil 361   Edifil 363   Edifil 364   Edifil 365   Edifil 369   Edifil 370   Edifil 373   Edifil 374   Edifil 380   Edifil 381   Edifil 382   Edifil 384   Edifil 386   Edifil 390   Edifil 391   Edifil 392   Edifil 399   Edifil 401   Edifil 402   Edifil 403   Edifil 405   Edifil 408   Edifil 411   Edifil 419   Edifil 421   Edifil 1- Semi Postal   Edifil 1 - Postal Tax   Edifil 2 - Postal Tax   Edifil 3 - Postal Tax   Edifil 4 - Postal Tax   Edifil 5 - Postal Tax   Edifil 6 - Postal Tax   Edifil 7 - Postal Tax   Edifil 8 - Postal Tax   Edifil 9 - Postal Tax  

Broken Pins

There are four varieties of the RV&Co. perfin caused by broken pins. They are:

  1. Missing period after "Co". You can see that above on the left in Edifil 350 and 354 and again in reverse below.
  2. Third punch from the left on the top of the letter "R". You can see that above on the right in Edifil 350 and 354 and again in reverse below.
  3. Upper right punch of the letter "C". You can see that above in Edifil 212, 229, 234, 245, 256, 340, 349 and again in reverse below.
  4. Two punches on the top of the letter "V". You can see that above in Edifil 255, 403 and 411 and again in reverse below.
Broken Pins in RV and Co. Perfin
Broken pin variety plating

Does a pin break make a major variety? To me, obviously not. However, the RV&Co. perfin is a bit different in that one of these four pin breaks (Variety 1) wipes out an entire character, albeit only a period.

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