Friday, August 9, 2024

The cream frame 2 pesos

 This is my favorite color for the late 2 pesos papers. It was used on the clay paper printing in the mid 1950s, and a 2P1L printing from the same time range.

There is a wide variation in the clay printing. Not only is the plate showing significant wear, and signs of acid cleaning; there is also a range of cream shades used, from a darker one, as is shown here, to very light ones. Here is the clay printing:




Do notice this specimen has the ever-so-slight doubing of the frame.


Here is a light cream specimen with some plate wear consistent with an acid wash:




Here is the 1L paper printing. I have yet to put a number on this stamp. It is not 1L1 or 1L6, that much I know.





This stamp is also found with a darker cream frame:




I have a couple of covers from 1952 bearing 2 pesos cream stamps.


The 2 pesos on this cover is the 'many scratches' plate variety.



While I have a single cover of the 2pCL2 cream, posted in 1955, shown below.