Issue of 1910: Serafín Sánchez - 2c. de Peso.
Emisión de 1910: Serafín Sánchez - 2c. de Peso.
1910 — 2¢ laid paper, carmine on cream / papel vergueteado, carmín s. crema
1910 — 2¢ thick wove paper — used to Rochester, New York
1910 — 2¢ thin laid paper — used 12 May 1913 to Worcester, Massachusetts
175 x 100 mm Specimen without postal value / Muestra sin valor
1910 — 2¢ — 241 x 106 mm - wove paper // papel avitelado
Used, 9 April 1913 to Chicago, Il
1910 — 2¢ — 241 x 106 mm - Laid Paper // Papel Vergueteado
Used, 5 April 1912 to Habana
241 x 106 mm Specimen without postal value / Muestra sin valor
1910 — Serafín Sánchez 2¢ indicium |
Essay indicium |
1910 Essay
To determine whether the paper is laid or wove, hold the envelope up to the light.
Laid paper has a distinctive pattern, as illustrated above. Wove paper has no such pattern.
| Technical Details / Detalles Técnicos | |
|---|---|
| Issue Date / Fecha de Emisión | 1 February 1910 / 1 Febrero 1910 |
| Watermark / Filigrana | No watermark / Sin Filigrana |
| Printing / Impresión | In relief / En relieve |
| Design / Diseño | Sociedad Filatelica de Cuba |
| Size / Tamaño | 175 x 100 mm & 241 x 106 |
| Denomination / Denominación | 2 centavos |
| UPSS # |
Edifil # | H&G # | Effigy / Paper Color Efigie / Papel |
Description / Descripción | Quantity Produced Series Completas |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | 86A | 12 | carmine on cream carmín s. crema |
175 x 100 mm Inscription in relief under left back flap: Inscripción, en relieve, en el borde superior de la aleta izquierda de atrás: "WATERLOW & SONS, LIMITED, LONDON WALL, LONDON" |
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| 64a | 86 | 12 | carmine on cream carmín s. crema |
175 x 100 mm | — |
| 64E | — | — | carmine on cream carmín s. crema |
175 x 100 mm; Printed essay with Serafin Sánchez likeness | 2 sets known |
| 64S | — | — | carmine on cream carmín s. crema |
175 x 100 mm; Perforated inscription below indicium: "SPECIMEN / WATERLOW & SONS / LIMITED" |
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| 65 | 89A | 12B | carmine on cream carmín s. crema |
241 x 106 mm Inscription in relief under left back flap: Inscripción, en relieve, en el borde superior de la aleta izquierda de atrás: "WATERLOW & SONS, LIMITED, LONDON WALL, LONDON" |
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| 65a | 89 | 12B | carmine on cream carmín s. crema |
241 x 106 mm | — |
| 65S | — | — | carmine on cream carmín s. crema |
241 x 106 mm; Perforated inscription below indicium: "SPECIMEN / WATERLOW & SONS / LIMITED" |
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