1887 - 1898 POSTAL ENVELOPES

1888 "CONTAD. MYOR" ISSUE

Issue of 1887 With Embossed Imprint on Back Flap in the Form of an Arch Reading
"CONTAD. MYOR" and Numerals "5_C.", "10_C." or "11_C."
Matching the Face Value of the Front Stamp Imprint Under the Arch.

1888 SAN SALVADOR to GUATEMALA       NOVEMBER 3
5c Ultramarine on white laid paper for single local rate as mail
to Guatemala treated as interior mail.
Backstamped CORREO / INTERIOR / NOV 6 1888.
Envelope Size: 150 x 85 mm.

11c Yellow olive on laid paper (143 x 80 mm)
with blue, green and pink on the inside.

Double "PROVISIONAL" overprint error on 10c salmon on white laid paper.
Envelope Size: 144 x 110 mm.

- ONLY KNOWN -

1888 LA LIBERTAD to NEW JERSEY          OCT  24
11c Lilac on white laid paper for single outbound rate.
Backstamped NEW YORK, November 1 alongside side destination cds.
Envelope Size: 145 x 108 mm.

1889 LA LIBERTAD to PARIS             JANUARY 26
10c Salmon on yellow laid paper uprated to 11c single outbound rate,
negative star ties beside PARIS, February 22 postmark.
Envelope Size: 140 x 110 mm.

1889 LA LIBERTAD to SAN SALVADOR       APRIL 29
10c Salmon on white laid paper for Double Local Rate.
Envelope Size: 152 x 120 mm.

1889 SAN SALVADOR to LONDON
10c Salmon on white laid paper with added 20c Volcano issue mailed on
board  the "STARBUCK" of the Pacific Mail Steamship. Transit cancelled
PANAMA,  July 2.  Triple 33c Outbound Rate short paid by 3c.
Envelope Size: 145 x 108 mm.


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