Spanish Colony /
Colonia española

Issue of 1878
Issue of 1879, Plate I
Issue of 1879, Plate II
U.P.U. Issues of 1880
U.P.U. Issues of 1881
→  UPU Varieties 1880-82 ←
U.P.U. Issues of 1882
Interior Issues of 1882
Issues of 1888
Issues of 1890
Issues of 1892
Issues of 1894
Issues of 1896
1898 Single Cards
→  Card Varieties ←
1898 Double Cards
→  Card Varieties ←

U.S. Intervention /
Administración Americana

Issues of 1899

Republic / República 1902-1958
Issues of 1903
Issues of 1905
Issue of 1944
Issue of 1955


Cross index of postal cards
          (1878- 1958)

Equivalencias de catalogación


Postal Card Reference
UPSS Republic, 2013
UPSS handbook, 2010
Higgins & Gage Catalog, 1974
Higgins & Gage Catalog, 1966
UPSS Catalog, 1957
Ascher Catalog, 1928

VARIETIES IN YELLOWISH SINGLE CARDS OF 1898

Laiz Castro, Ángel:   "Reconstrucción de las Planchas de los Enteros Postales Tipo Infante - Cuba 1898 - Filipinas 1898 - Puerto Rico 1898 - Fernando Po 1899." Madrid - Barcelona, 1998, in Spanish. ("Plating of the 1898 Postal Cards of Cuba, Infant Type")
This is a study of the identifying characteristics of different plate positions of the 1898 Alfonso XII single and double (reply cards) issued for Cuba. The identifying characteristics of the various distinct plate positions are described and illustrated in great detail. This is an excellent reference for the student of these cards.

That being said, Robert Littrell and Octavio Cabrera have determined that there were some major errors in this study. The cards were identified by position, but the positions stated were not correct. "Positions" 1 and 2 were on the bottom of the sheet. That is why we refer to the SINGLE cards as card TYPES, not POSITIONS. Double card positions remain as before. For a more detailed discussion, see the Monograph published by the International Cuban Philatelic Society, March, 2011.

Position Chart for Single Cards
Reconstruction of a yellow colored 1898 single postal card sheet of 10 cards of 1 centavo value
Reconstrucción de una plancha de la tarjeta, de cartulina amarillenta, de 1 centavo, de 1898

Position 1 for Single Cards

Position 2 for Single Cards

Position 3 for Single Cards

Position 4 for Single Cards

Position 5 for Single Cards

Position 6 for Single Cards

Position 7 for Single Cards

Position 8 for Single Cards

Position 9 for Single Cards

Position 10 for Single Cards


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