Unknown, To Me, Guatemala Bob

Despite years of immersing myself in Guatemala stamps, every now and then I come across something totally unknown to me.

I cannot identify this. I have never seen Scott #60 with a red "Servicio Interno" overprint. Can anyone tell me what it is and approximate value?

Marty

Could it be some type of Official?

I would have said to ask you, so my only advice is to try PhilB. After all, he's a bird brain!

Get it? Quetzal = bird = PhilB = bird brain

Hey, I thought it was funny at first.

I was thinking the same thing rev; possibly one government office to another since "Interno" (internal) would mean it stayed within government offices and not available to public use or reception.

laswabbie, I think I do get.....pretty clever of you. I hope Phil can help.

SERVICIO DEL ESTADO : (overprint on stamps of Chile) Officials (= State Service).

SERVICIO INTERNO : (overprint on stamps of Guatemala ) Officials (= Internal Service).

SERVICIO OFICIO : Paraguay - Officials (= Official Service).
SERVICIO OFICIO : (overprint on stamps of Peru and Ecuador) Officials (= Official Service).
SERVICIO ORDINARIO : (overprint on stamps of Nicaragua) Converting airmails to regular issues (= Ordinary Service).
SERVICIO POSTAL AEREO : Brazil - Airmails (= Air Mail Service).
SERVICIO POSTAL AEREO : (overprint on stamps of Colombia, Guatemala, Uruguay) Airmails (= Air Mail Service).
SERVICIO POSTAL DEL SALVADOR : El Salvador (= El Salvador Postal Service).
HTH

Thanks rod,
Great information. So, it is an official as suspected, apparently predating later officials that were overprinted or perforated "OFICIAL". Any chance that you may have a catalog number or if you know of other Guatemala issues with "Servicio Interno" overprints?

Phil, does the ISGC have catalogs or literature on overprints for official use?

marty

Hello, if I am not taking flack from bobgggg then its Laswabbie !! Marty I will check my specialized Guatemala books and report back !!

Marty if I can not find it I will e mail Cecile Gruson the editor of El Quetzal...SHE is no birdbrain !!

Marty I knew a couple of hundred dollar library on Guatemala would come in handy...congrats ! what you have is a BOGUS overprint..the book does not go into detail it just shows a copy of the one centavo with the servicio interno overprint..most of the 1897 U.P.U. stamps with cancels are stamps that were overprinted Telegrafos and then had the telegrafos removed and a fake cancel replacing it !!

Marty sorry, as to value I can not tell you..the Guatemala handbooks printed by Mayans were created for the ages..so they did not dare include "values" which we know are subject to change !

G'day Marty,
sorry to be tardy in response, I have been at a "sleep over" seminar
over the weekend, and only had time to duck in.
As explained Stanley Gibbons considers these bogus.
They had been listed previously
SG Part 3
America Asia and Africa

Its a credit to Stanley Gibbons that they mention this little known bogus item !!

Yes, it is a credit to SG. And thanks rod for taking time to look it up.

marty