Postage stamps and postal history of Guatemala
Guatemala has been independent from Spain since 1847. The first adhesive stamps of Guatemala were revenue stamps issued in 1868.[1][2] The first postage stamps were produced in 1871.[3]
The 1c value from the first postage stamp of Guatemala, issued 1871.
An 1898 telegraph stamp of Guatemala, produced by overprinting an earlier postage stamp.
References
- Forbin, Alfred. Catalogue Prix Courant de tous les Timbre Fiscaux emis dans le monde entire". Paris, 1910, p. 493.
- Morley, Walter. "The Fiscal Stamps of Guatemala" in Morley's Philatelic Journal, Vol. VII, No. 6, June 1906, p. 42.
- Stamps of the World Volume 2. Stanley Gibbons. 2004. p. 500.
Further reading
- Andrews, James C. (1994) Guatemalan Telegraph Stamps & Stationery. Detroit: International Society of Guatemala Collectors. ISBN 1880721015 (A corrected version of the 1993 original of the same title.)
External links
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- Asociacion Filatelica de Guatemala
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- Online exhibition of the first four Guatemala issues
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