Don't Be Fooled

From time to time I see items, like the following, that are offered as being “dual franking” or “mixed franking” usage. They are NOT! The El Salvador stamps paid nothing. The first item is an unsealed printed matter cover that had a fee of 1c; the second a 1c post card rate. The third item should have been charged postage due as the stamps had been invalid since 1891 but it managed to slip through without being so. I have seen Christmas Seals used in a similar way and you know they didn’t pay any postal fee. All such items are mere curios.

High Denomination Seebeck Covers

I continue to hear or see comments from some collectors that the higher denomination Seebeck stamps were never issued.

In order to give pause to those who claim this I am showing some covers with these higher denominations properly used.



The first cover is from Nicaragua. The rate was 17 times the 10 centavos letter rate plus Registration (10c) and Acknowledgement of Receipt (5c) for a total 1 Peso 85c.



The second cover from Honduras shows the 24 times 10 centavos rate plus Registration (10c) for a total of 2 Pesos 50 centavos.



The third cover also from Honduras shows a 19 times 10 centavos rate plus Registration (10c) and Acknowledgement of Receipt (5c) for a total of 2 Pesos 5 centavos.



The fourth cover from Honduras show the 26 times 10 centavos letter rate plus Registration (10c) for a total of 2 Pesos 70 centavos



This fifth covers from Nicaragua shows a 50 times 10 centavos per 15 grams letter rate for a total of 5 Pesos.



The last cover also from Nicaragua show the 100 times 10 centavos letter rate plus Registration (10c), this latter paid by fiscal stamps.