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Help With El Salvador Please?

 
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Posted 09/25/2011   12:02 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add ncbuckeye to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I have come across these in an old album, but cannot identify them. I am guessing that since at the top it says "Timbre Municipal" that they are official stamps. Any help is greatly appreciated!


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Posted 09/25/2011   12:12 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add smauggie to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Yes, very attractive Municipal revenues. Don't know a thing about them, sadly.
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Posted 09/25/2011   12:45 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Cursus to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
The word "Municipal" in Spanish, relates them to the city councils. I think they're local revenue stamps.
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Posted 09/25/2011   1:27 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Cjd to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Forbin lists many issues of these municipal revenues, basically one for each year starting in 1897, and across a handful of different designs similar to yours.

It seems that every several years a new design is implemented, and then yearly overprints follow. Forbin is from 1915, and this design isn't specifically pictured, so the design may fall between 1915 and 1918. (I stress "may".)

If I'm translating properly, it seems that a name or monogram for the city of use would be applied at some point.

Most years the values seem to encompass yours and then continue on for a few to several more values, generally topping out at (variously) 25 pesos, 50 pesos or 100 pesos, depending on the year. So I would assume you have a short set through the peso value. Just a guess.

Pretty stamps.
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Posted 09/25/2011   1:32 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add ncbuckeye to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
thank you all for your input!
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Posted 09/25/2011   1:41 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add AnthonyUK to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I went to a talk at my local club and one subject was El Salvador.
It was a very interesting topic and I seem to recall certain issues had the overprint changed every year which is a nightmare for collectors.
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Posted 09/25/2011   2:30 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Cjd to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

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the overprint changed every year which is a nightmare for collectors.


the overprint changed every year which is a nightmare bonanza for collectors.
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