1879 - 1899 POSTAL CARD ISSUES

The "Seebeck" Issues

1892 COLUMBUS ISSUE

Printed in black on the following card stocks:
1c on pale yellow; 2c on pale blue and 3c on white.
All measuring 140 x 85 mm.
 

DESIGN PROOF

The background map replaced with a smaller map and ships
commemorating the 1492 sailing of Christopher Columbus.

ONLY KNOWN and UNRECORDED

SAN SALVADOR to HAMBURG                 APRIL 17
1c Dark blue on pale yellow uprated with 1c x 2 Columbus adhesives
for proper 3c Outbound Card Rate.

SANTA ANA to  GERMANY                   JANUARY 18
2c Brown on pale blue with added 2c adhesive overpaying by 1c
the 3c Outbound Card Rate.  Via NEW YORK January 30.

SAN SALVADOR to RIO GRANDE, BRAZIL
3c Dark green on white, mailed September 17. Via PANAMA,
October 1 and NEW YORK, October 15.
Backstamped RIO DE JANEIRO, November 19.

REPLY CARD

SAN SALVADOR to SIMON, COSTA RICA
2c Message Section of Interior Card Rate with September 19
postmark. Via PANAMA, October 11. Arriving SIMON, September 23.
Re-directed to COLON.

Mail to Costa Rica treated as Interior Mail, being a part
of the United Provinces of Central America.


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