The 20 centavos large format cattle is one of the most beautiful stamps ever issued. Not only is it a beautiful design, it was also a regular definitive, a "lowly" definitive.
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Sunday, October 8, 2023
A beautiful stamp
Three 1942 covers with the 1 peso red airmail stamp
The airmail issue of the 1940s received a lot of combined use with the 1935-51 definitives. Here are three covers with the 1 peso value, all to the US, all censored.
Two 1942 covers to the US bearing the 15cJMG
Both censored, as expected. The earliest printing of the 15cJMG on one of the 1E3 papers was printed in a small run. The 15cJMGs on these two covers may be from that printing.
Two 'cents' covers to the US from 1942
Censored, as expected. This cover has a rare combination of stamps to make 15 centavos (12+3).
Saturday, October 7, 2023
Two 1942 covers to the US, one by air, the other one by ship
This first cover has the very rare small 'Passed US Censor' marking. The yellowing along the left edge I believe is not from a missing censorship tape, just good old yellowing. The covers with this marking were not taped along the edge.
Two 1942 1.15 pesos rates to the US
This use is most common. This first cover does not seem to have passed though the censorship office.