Latin America Specialized Stamp Catalogs

A few days ago, a friend of mine asked for suggestions of various specialized catalogs of Latin American stamps. I suspect there may be other collectors who might be interested in these so I’m posting a list of catalogs I have used and found very helpful. For some countries, I am not aware of any specialized catalogs although excellent handbooks are known. (Guatemala 1 & 2 for example) I have not attempted to list magazine articles or small pamphlets that detail various issues, as they are not really specialized catalogs. Here is the list and if anyone can add information on those countries that do not appear to have a specialized catalog, I would appreciate it.

Argentina

Catalogo de los sellos postales de la Republica Argentina y sus derivados / Catalogo de los sellos postales de la Republica Argentina y Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios / / Kneitschel, Victor. -- Buenos Aires: V. Kneitschel, 1958 - 1 v. in 2 pts. (909 p.)

Bolivia

Catalogo especializado de estampillas - Bolivia S. XIX y enteros postales ; No emitidos, fisco postales, variedades, errores, pruebas y ensayos / / Catalogo especializado de estampillas - Bolivia S. XIX y enteros postales / SOFILPAZ . -- [La Paz? Bolivia]: SOFILPAZ (La Paz, Bolivia; D.G.F. Stamps - Daniel Gonzalez)

Brasil

Catalogo Brasil : de selos nacionais - postais e telegraficos, oficialmente emididos, com precos correntes, datas de comeco de circulacao, quantidades de emissoes, notas explicativas e historicas - conselhos uteis, vocabulario mais empregado em filotelia, etc. / / Guatemozim, Dorvelino. -- Sao Paulo: [D. Guatemozim]

Chile

Catalogo especializado Chile 2000 / Chile 2000 : Filatelia chilena catalogo especializado / Filatelia chilena catalogo especializado Chile 2000 / Sociedad Filatelica de Chile. -- Santiago de Chile: Sociedad Filatelica de Chile

Colombia

Catalogo Leo Temprano ; Estampillas de Colombia. Edicion Especializada / Estampillas de Colombia ; Catalogo Leo Temprano. Edicion Especializada / / Temprano, Leo / Filatelia Tematica L.T. / Filatelia Tematica L.T. Numismatica. -- Bogota: Filatelia Tematica L.T.

Costa Rica

Catalogo de Sellos Postales de Costa Rica / Saenz Mata, Carlos.: San Jose; Club Filatelico de San Jose de Costa Rica,, 1978

Dominican Republic

I am not aware of any specialized catalog f this country


El Salvador

Catalogo de Todos los Sellos Postales de la Republica del Salvador / Sagrera, Ricardo.: San Salvador; Ricardo Sagrera, 1901. I have never seen this catalog.

Ecuador

Catalogo de los sellos postales de la Republica del Ecuador. -- Quito: Giovanni Cataldi Incarnati, [1981?]

Guatemala

I am not aware of any specialized catalog of this country

Haiti

I am not aware of any specialized catalog of this country

Honduras

I am not aware of any specialized catalog of this country

Nicaragua

I am not aware of any specialized catalog of this country

Paraguay

Catalogo de los sellos postales de la Republica del Paraguay y sus derivados / / Kneitschel, Victor. -- Buenos Aires: V. Kneitschel,, 1947


Perú

Catalogo de los sellos de correos y telégrafos del Perú de H.H. Moll / / Moll, Herbert H. -- Lima: Ediciones Filatélicas Moll,, 1957

Uruguay

Catalogo de estampillas del Uruguay / / Catalogo de estampillas del Uruguay / Kobylanski, Juan K. -- Montevideo, Uruguay: "Mundus",,

For the earliest issues, the rare book - Catalogo de las variedades mas importantes de los sellos postales de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay ; con sus valuaciones relativas expresadas en unidades filatelicas / / Hoffmann, Roberto.

Venezuela

Catalogo especializado de las estampillas de Venezuela. / Valera, Juan Jose. -- Bogata: Filatelia Tematica, 1974. 016.987 Val 1974

An Unrecorded Postal Card Essay

In the Bill Welch collection of Seebeck material, he had a postal stationery card with a security overprint.

Bill felt this was probably done in 1881 when the stamps were overprinted with a network pattern in rose or yellow for security but the card was not accepted. Neither he nor I have ever seen another. Has any reader?

A Nice War of the Pacific Cover

In the aftermath of the War of the Pacific, no stamps were available, so postage on this letter was paid in cash. (FRANCO por falta de estampillas) The cover was sent from the Pacasmayo, Guadelope and Yonan Railroad to Callao in November 1884.

Note that this rail line was only 24 km long.

Another nice item from the Bill Welch collection.

A Nice Honduras Cover

Here is another gem from the Bill Welch collection.

Seebeck was criticized for the number of stamps issued, but odd values say postal use.

The 75 centavos value on this 1890 cover paid 6 times the foreign letter rate of 10c per 15 grams, the registration fee of 10c and the acknowledgement of receipt fee of 5c.

The Seebeck Advertising Underprints

The advertising underprints on the stamps of New Zealand are well known. Less well known are those of El Salvador.

Shown here are examples from the Bill Welch collection of the settings of nine on the 1894 Liberty issue.

These probably were created after Seebeck’s death in 1899 in an unsuccessful effort to market reprints to manufacturers in their wares.

The two settings of nine are on the 1c and 24c Liberty issue.





The single is on back of the 12c 1895 Arms issue with a specimen pen-line.



I have also seen examples on Nicaragua Seebecks but they seem to be much rarer than those from El Salvador are