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25c sábanas

Besides serial letters the 25c is known with different printer’s imprint, different abbreviations for ‘Número’, different sized numerals, different coloured seals and a variety of control letters. As the later dos caritas issue did not have a 25c value, these fractional sábanas continued to be issued until July 1915.

The sequence appears to have been:

sabanas 25c A 61726

sabanas 25c A 61726 reverse

Colour
of series
Series
letter
ImprintAbbreviationSize of numbers
(left, right)
Type of seal
on reverse
Control letters
black A IMP. DEL GOBIERNO, CHIH. NUM. large large black  

 

The very first issues had ‘SERIE A’ (25c), ‘SERIE B’ (50c) and ‘SERIE C’ ($1) as part of the print. Later issues just had ‘SERIE’ with the letter added (as part of the numbering?).

sabanas 25c C 9380

sabanas 25c H 90561 reverse

Colour
of series
Series
letter
ImprintAbbreviationSize of numbers
(left, right)
Type of seal
on reverse
Control letters
red B IMP. DEL GOBIERNO No. NUM. small, large large black  
C small, large
large, large

 

Colour
of series
Series
letter
ImprintAbbreviationSize of numbers
(left, right)
Type of seal
on reverse
Control letters
red C IMP. DEL GOBIERNO, CHIH. No. No. large, large black  

 

sabanas 25c G 78971

sabanas 25c E 48206 reverse

Colour
of series
Series
letter
ImprintAbbreviationSize of numbers
(left, right)
Type of seal
on reverse
Control letters
red D IMP. DEL GOBIERNO, CHIHUAHUA inside frame No. No. small, large large black  
E
F
G
H
I

 

sabanas 25c H 90561

sabanas 25c H 90561 reverse

sabanas 25c J 21602

sabanas 25c J 21602 reverse

Colour
of series
Series
letter
ImprintAbbreviationSize of numbers
(right)
Type of seal
on reverse
Control letters
black H IMP. DEL GOBIERNO, CHIHUAHUA inside frame No. large small black A-XXC
red I B=CCVII
red J B-VVV
red K D-MVI
black L E-VIM
black M F-MXI
black N G-IMX
black O H-NST
black P F-DMVI
black Q G-CLII
black R H-VVIII
black S I-XCDI
  T  
black U H-LKC
black V Y-MNR
black W K-IBC
black X L-CDP

 

The change in control codes from letters of the alphabet with pseudo-Roman numbers to letters of the alphabet with three or two letter codes no doubt took place at the same time as the changes in the dos caritas. This would suggest that the first of this group dated to July-September 1914 and the later to November-December 1914.

sabanas 25c AA 86756

sabanas 25c AA 86756 reverse

Colour
of series
Series
letter
ImprintAbbreviationSize of numbers
(right)
Type of seal
on reverse
Control letters
black AA IMP. DEL GOBIERNO, CHIHUAHUA inside frame No. large small black T-GDE
A A M-AN
A A M-CK
A A C-MK
A A M-KC
A A small blue C-KM
A A small green K-RK
A A small red M-ARI

 

T-GDE obviously stands for 'Tesoreria General del Estado'.

sabanas 25c CC 5937

sabanas 25c CC 5937 reverse

Colour
of series
Series
letter
ImprintAbbreviationSize of numbers
(right)
Type of sealControl letters
red B B IMP. DEL GOBIERNO, CHIHUAHUA inside frame No. large black S L 2,000  C-ARA
1-00 L-I ( L-UIS
1-00 L-II  C-ARA
1-00 L-III CA-GF
1-00 L-IV CH-MJ
100 C L-IV CH-MJ
red C C IMP. DEL GOBIERNO, CHIHUAHUA inside frame No. large red E-6-29-15 200,000
E-6-30-15 200,000
E-7-5-15 200,000-III
E-7-6-15-T
200,000-IV
E-7-7-15-L 200,000-5
E-7-9-15-L 200-000 6
E-7-10-15-L 200,000-7
E-7-12-15-T 200,000-8
red D D IMP. DEL GOBIERNO, CHIHUAHUA inside frame No. large red 2E 7-14-15L
125-M-I
2E7-16-15L
125-M-II
2E 7-20-15L
125-M-III
2E7-21-15T
125-M-IV
2E7-22-15E
125-M-5
SE7-23-15S 66-M-U

 

For the later CC and DD series the date sequence is obvious. 200,000 and 125-M (125,000?) may be print runs: E and 2E may be emisión and segunda emisión; T, L, E and S may refer to different machines or locations.

One can note the progression of the Tesorería seal over time. The rough original seal was replaced by a finer seal with a break across the ‘O’ of ‘TESORERIA’. This then developed a crack in the rim at 1 o’clock.

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