MAKE A MEME View Large Image Uruguay 1879 Sc43A.jpg en Uruguay 1880 1p blue used On 8 January 1877 a new engraved set of stamps was issued which had been engraved on steel by the American Bank Note Co of New York It omitted the 15c value but added a 50c and 1 peso The ...
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Keywords: Uruguay 1879 Sc43A.jpg en Uruguay 1880 1p blue used On 8 January 1877 a new engraved set of stamps was issued which had been engraved on steel by the American Bank Note Co of New York It omitted the 15c value but added a 50c and 1 peso The latter value was not issued until 1 May 1879 because of a curious error The engravers had transposed the two sides of the coat of arms making the quarterings come on the wrong sides The error was discovered and the stock burned only a few specimens escaping The sheets were of 100 stamps ten by ten and were rouletted Catalogue Sc 43A Issue quantity 10 000 1879 Scan of original Uruguay government PD-old-100 PD-Uruguay Stamps of Uruguay 1879 1879 stamps Rouletted stamps
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