Acknowledgement of Receipt Stamp
Bud's Big BlueBud's Observations
Several friends have asked what I intend to collect having
completed BB Vol I. Specializing in small, interesting country subsets might be
the answer, taking the collection beyond the spaces BB affords in those
specific areas. I’ve already done that for The League of Nations and found it absorbing.
Chile presents several attractive possibilities for such specialization. Here’s
my short list:
1. Chile has more Christopher Columbus stamps than
any other nation -- some with a floppy hat and some without, some youthful and
some aged, some bearded some bare-chinned, often inscribed “Colon” but
sometimes not. We don’t know what he actually looked like, but Chile made some
reasonable guesses based on a portrait by Sebastiano del Piombo (1519) of a man
said to be Columbus. Since Columbus has recently become unpopular -- some say
he should be charged with crimes against humanity -- now might be the time to
start a rogue collection.
2. Acknowledgement of receipt stamps (Avis de paiement) were issued beginning
in 1894 (see post header, an unissued example). These could add to the Columbus
collection or combined with similar issues of other nations.
3. In about 1911, Chile began cutting back on
Columbus images and issued a series featuring their presidents. Changes in design,
printers and printing methods make these interesting. See Scott #s 98-112 and Stanley Gibbons #s 135-49.
4. The philatelic remains left with Chile’s border disputes
offer another possibility, as does Chile’s tangled history with the League of
Nations. I’m inclined to start on the latter option.
An excellent, detailed Chile collection can be seen at:
Jim's Observations
If you like the image of Christopher Columbus, you will love the stamps from 1853-1909.
All Christopher Columbus.
The one exception, the surcharged/overprinted 1904 Telegraph stamps, are highly amusing and entertaining. The rearing horse on the left side of the design sometimes has a mane and a tail, and sometimes not. Fun!
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Hi Jim & Bud, while adding Chilean stamps to my BB, we were stuck with the 1877 & 1878 5 centavos stamps. On the first page there's twice the same 5centavos in your pages. We (my son and I) didn't understand until we (well my son - all credits to him) saw the difference, in the 1877 series the word "centavos"is in half moon format, while the 1878 version has the word "centavos" in normal vertically written.
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Best regards
Axel
No, no mistake.
DeleteThe 1877 5 centavo panel is straight, while the rest of the 1877 stamps have a curved panel for the centavo.
The 1878 5 centavo has a different design with the centavo panel below the "5".
Yes, all similar, and you wonder why they bothered to change the design, but not a mistake.
indeed, now I see the difference, thanks will have to go and verify what he put in my BB then LOL
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