Below I show several uncommon cancellers, as well as a specimen with a sock-on-the-nose (SON) postmark from Cardenas, postmarked 21 April 1865. At the bottom of the page I show a stamp with ink overwriting. It is possible that this type of overwriting may have been to let the receiver know that the stamp was no longer valid. This issue was replaced in 1866 by a similar issue in a different currency. I have previously shown the basic stamps of this issue, and presented a fairly extensive discussion of the plate varieties of the 1 real value. Here I show the major values in blocks of four, the color varieties of the 1/2 real on salmon, 1/2 real on white, 1 real, and 2 reales. The 1/4 real was printed in a small run and seems to have just one color: black. I also show specimens cancelled with the regular canceller and other cancellers.

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