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Guanacaste
1885
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| 1885 Sc1 SG-G1A | xxx |
perf 12, no wmk,
Printed at the National Printing Works, San José.
| Description | Scott | SG | Mi | Y&T | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16mm ‡ black overprint | ||||||
| 1 centavo green | 1 | G1A | ||||
| 1c green "Gnanacaste" | - | G1aA | ||||
| 2c carmine | 2 | G2A | ||||
| 2c carmine "Gnanacaste" | 2a | G2aA | ||||
| 10c orange | 3 | G4A | ||||
| 10c orange "Gnanacaste" | 3a | G4aA | ||||
| 16mm ‡ red overprint | ||||||
| 1c green | 4 | G1B | ||||
| 1c green "Gnanacaste" | 4a | G1aB | ||||
| 1c green overprinted in black and red | 4b | G1bA | ||||
| 5c blue-violet | 5 | G3B | ||||
| 5c blue-violet "Gnanacaste" | 5a | G3aB | ||||
| 40c blue | 6 | G5B | ||||
| 17½mm black overprint | ||||||
| 1c green | 7 | G6A | ||||
| 2c carmine | 8 | G7A | ||||
| 5c blue-violet | 9 | G8A | ||||
| 10c orange | 10 | G9A | ||||
| 40c blue | 11 | G10A | ||||
| 17½mm red overprint | ||||||
| 5c blue-violet | 12 | G8B | ||||
| 40c blue | 13 | G10B | ||||
| 18½mm black overprint | ||||||
| 2c carmine | 14 | G12 | ||||
| 10c orange | 15 | G14 | ||||
| 18½mm red overprint | ||||||
| 1c green | 16 | G11 | ||||
| 1c green overprinted in black and red | 16a | G11a | ||||
| 5c blue-violet | 17 | G13 | ||||
| 40c blue | 18 | G15 | ||||
| 18½mm black vertical overprint | ||||||
| 1c green | 19 | G16 | ||||
| 2c carmine | 20 | G17 | ||||
| 5c blue-violet | 21 | G18 | ||||
| 10c orange | 22 | G19 | ||||
| † | ||||||
† the listing continues in Scott [1] with vertical overprints in five different fonts, Sc23-41, and Gibbons [2] similarly. SG-G20-G35.
‡ 15¾mm in Gibbons.
Residents of Guanacaste were allowed to buy Costa Rican stamps, overprinted “Guanacaste,” at a discount from face value because of the province’s isolation and climate, which made it difficult to keep mint stamps. Use was restricted to the province. The discount ended in 1891.