EL SALVADOR PHILATELIST X, Number 3.pdfEL SALVADOR PHILATELIST Dear Colleagues, In this issue we are happy to welcome a new collaborator, Dr John K. Courtis, who is a …

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E L S A L V A D O R P H I L A T E L I S T

YearX,Number3 January‐March2014

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Dear Colleagues,

In this issue we are

happy to welcome a new

collaborator, Dr John K.

Courtis, who is a Fellow

of the Royal Philatelic

Society of London. We

hope his article, about

used postal stationery

wrappers, is the first of

many more to come!

We are also excited to

share with you the

publication by FESOFI of

a book about the Correo

Mayor period in Spanish

America. This is a work

that has taken several

years to complete and it

definitely fills a gap in

Colonial Postal History.

As would be expected in

a work of this nature, El

Salvador is included in

the chapter about the

Kingdom of Guatemala.

As always, I would like to

remind you that we

expect your support in

the form of articles or

illustrations for this

journal. We really need

to have a “reserve” of

articles for publication to

avoid delays like the

present one. We count

on you!

Cordially,

Guillermo F Gallegos

Year X, Number 3

January – March 2014

Director’sColumnInside this issue:

Prestamp item on a

piece of cloth sent from

the Tobacco factory of

San Vicente to the

General Direction of the

Tobacco Income in

Guatemala. Considering

the high rate of 168

reales it is possible that

the piece of cloth was

part of a sack (Jose

Panades collection).

El Salvador Philatelist is

the on‐line, quarterly

journal of AFISAL.

Requests for reprinting

articles can be sent to

ggallegos@elsalvadorphi

lately.org

Los Correos Mayores de

Yndias – A new book 3

Mail in El Salvador during

the Colonial Period 4

Used Postal Stationery

Wrappers of El Salvador 8

Modern Commemorative

Cancels 16

Show‐n‐Tell 19

Adlets 20

Member Services 21

OntheCover

Board of Directors

President: Santiago Yudice

Vice‐president: Robinson Cruz

Secretary: José Luis Alonzo

Treasurer: Manuel Menjivar

First Vocal: Guillermo F

Gallegos

Second Vocal: Carlos

Quintanilla

Third Vocal: Iván Zelaya

Honorary Presidents:

Ramon de Clairmont Dueñas

Pierre Cahen

Jose Luis Cabrera

Honorary Member:

Joseph D Hahn

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LOSCORREOSMAYORESDEYNDIAS–ANEWBOOKABOUTCOLONIALPOSTALHISTORYGuillermo F Gallegos

In February 2014, the

Publishing Commission of

the Spanish Federation of

Philatelic Societies

(FESOFI) published the

book Los Correos Mayores

de Yndias (The

Postmasters of the Indies).

This new work is the 23rd

tittle in its collection

Cuadernos de Filatelia

(Philatelic Notebooks).

The book has been

written by José

Manuel Lopéz

Bernal, Leoncio

Mayo, Jesús Sitjà,

Yamil Kouri Jr., Leo

J. Harris, Cecile

Gruson (†), all

members of the

Royal Hispanic

Academy of

Philately, and by

the Salvadorian

collector Guillermo

F Gallegos. Each

of them worked

independently on

a chapter, and the

sum of all these

chapters made up

the book.

The chapter by Jose

Manuel López Bernal

refers to the Correo Mayor

de las Yndias of the Casa

de Contratación de Sevilla

(House of Trade of Seville).

Leoncio Mayo has written

about the lineage of the

Carvajal‐Vargas, Correos

Mayores de Yndias.

Jesús Sitjà Prats covered

the Correos Mayores of

the Vicerroyalties of Peru,

New Granada (present‐day

Colombia and Panama),

Captaincy General of Chile

and the Government of

the Río de la Plata

(present‐day Argentina).

The chapter about the

Correos Mayores of

Mexico was prepared by

Leo John Harris.

Cecile Gruson (†) started the chapter about the

Correos Mayores in the

Kingdom of Guatemala

(present‐day Guatemala,

Honduras, El Salvador,

Nicaragua and Costa Rica).

We regret her demise in

the summer of 2013. This

chapter was completed by

Guillermo F Gallegos.

Finally, Yamil H. Kouri Jr.

wrote about the Correos

Mayores of the Captaincy

General of Cuba.

Cover of Correos Mayores de Yndias

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MAILINELSALVADORDURINGTHECOLONIALPERIODGuillermo F Gallegos

The first volume of the El

Salvador Handbook relates

to the Prestamp Period,

and is currently in the pre‐

printing stage. Because of

this, we would like to

share with you an article

published in the most

recent FIAF Magazine

about the El Salvador

Prestamp Period.

The FIAF Magazine is a

publication of the

Federación Interamericana

de Filatelia, the

continental philatelic

federation of America, of

which AFISAL is a member.

In recent years, the

magazine has been

published on a yearly

basis, being distributed to

all FIAF members (21

countries). This is the first

time an article about

Salvadorian philately is

published in this important

magazine.

Mail in El Salvador during

the Colonial Period.

Although the existence of

mail systems during the

Pre‐Columbian Era is

known, the historical

record of the postal

service in present‐day El

Salvador starts during the

Spanish Colonial Era.

During this period, El

Salvador was part of the

Kingdom of Guatemala,

which comprised the

present‐day countries of

Guatemala, Honduras, El

Salvador, Nicaragua and

Costa Rica, plus the

Mexican State of Chiapas.

As such, its postal history

during this period is

closely related to its sister

countries.

The first reference to a

letter sent from San

Salvador appears in a

document from the

Guatemalan Cabildo dated

12 February 1530, two

years after its second

founding (the first

settlement had a brief

existence between 1525

and possibly 1527).

However, the earliest

known surviving letter

sent from San Salvador,

dated 5 November 1541, is

a request from the Cabildo

of San Salvador who wrote

to Emperor Charles V

regarding the

appointment of the

Guatemala Governor

following the death of

Pedro de Alvarado,

Conqueror of the

territories and first

Governor. In total,

twenty‐two letters

originating from El

Salvador during the XVI

Century have been

recorded.

FIAF Magazine # 24

(November 2013)

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In 1579, the Viceroy in

Mexico designated the

first Correo Mayor of the

territory, which also had

jurisdiction over the

Kingdom of Guatemala, at

least until the early years

of the XVII Century,

although its legal basis is

not entirely clear. It was

not until 1619 that the

position of Correo Mayor

for the Kingdom of

Guatemala was officially

offered for the first time,

following the use and

custom prevalent in the

Habsburg Empire of

auctioning the position to

the highest bidder. The

winner of this auction was

Pedro Crespo Xuarez, who

served in this position until

1646. Until the

nationalization of the

service in the XVIII

Century, three other

Correos Mayores served in

the Kingdom of

Guatemala: Francisco de

Lira y Cárcamo (1646 –

1682), Jose Agustín de

Estrada (1682 – 1729) and

Pedro Ortiz de Letona

(1730 – 1768).

During most of this period,

the communications

within the territory and

abroad were done through

extraordinary couriers or

private messengers, as

there was little

organization or regularity

in the service. In October

1745, Mexico

implemented the first

weekly mails between

Veracruz, Mexico City and

Oaxaca, which led to the

proposal of creating

monthly couriers between

Oaxaca and Guatemala.

However, it was not until

December 1748 that the

first couriers were

dispatched from Santiago

de los Caballeros de

Guatemala (now Antigua

Guatemala) to Oaxaca.

During the 1760s, King

Charles III conducted a

significant transformation

of the Spanish Colonial

Mail System, focusing the

reforms on two main

aspects: The

nationalization of

Maritime Mail and the

Correos Mayores as well as

the definition of its

attributes to improve the

service. As a result, the

Correo Mayor of the

Kingdom of Guatemala

San Salvador to Gracias (Honduras), circa 1800. Front pasted to a

sack fabric sent to the Tobacco Factory in Gracias. Note the

inscription Pesas de la Dirección General (Weights of the General

Direction) and the extremely high rate of 305 reales. (Courtesy,

Jose Panades).

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was incorporated into the

Crown by a Royal Decree

dated 27 February 1767.

The service grew

considerably under the

new nationalized

administration, as new

estafetas (post offices)

and routes were created

to regularize the

distribution of

correspondence in the

territory. During this

period the Carrera (route)

de Leon, departing from

Santiago de los Caballeros

to Leon in Nicaragua,

became the main route in

the territory from which

other hijuelas (secondary

routes) departed. These

routes varied according to

the necessities and the

available resources.

Up to 1821, fourteen

offices were created in

present day El Salvador, in

the towns of Santa Ana,

Sonsonate, San Salvador,

San Miguel, San Vicente,

Cojutepeque, Metapan,

Ahuachapan, Usulutan,

Chalatenango, Suchitoto

Zacatecoluca, Olocuilta

and Sensuntepeque, (see

map). The Carrera de

Leon passed through the

Salvadorian estafetas of

Santa Ana, San Salvador,

Cojutepeque, San Vicente

and San Miguel, while the

others were connected by

secondary routes or foot

couriers.

As part of the efforts

undertaken by the Spanish

Postal Authorities in the

late XVIII Century to

identify the mail origin in

order to charge the

corresponding rate

determined by weight and

distance carried, in 1779

the postal administration

in Madrid requested the

manufacture in Guatemala

of a set of 21 postal

markings for its estafetas.

They were distributed in

November 1783.

Estafetas in El Salvador.

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However, the earliest

postal marking known for

El Salvador appears on a

letter sent from Santa Ana

to Guatemala on 30 July

1780; this marking was

probably locally made.

In total, 40 postal

markings were used in El

Salvador during the

Colonial Period. They

represent a majority of the

prestamp items known for

the country, as after

independence, there was a

general breakdown of

communications in the

region, so letters and

wrappers from these years

are scarcer. Some

examples of prestamp

items from the Colonial

Period are presented on

these pages.

The Colonial Era in Central

America ended on 15

September 1821 when the

former Kingdom of

Guatemala proclaimed its

independence from Spain.

This started a very

turbulent chapter in its

history that included the

short‐lived annexation to

Mexico and the ill‐fated

Central American

Federation before

culminating in the

separate Republics

currently existing.

A selection of Colonial Era postal markings from El Salvador.

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Top: Letter sent from Santa Ana to Guatemala with a hand‐written

proclamation mark supporting King Ferdinand VII in his struggle against

Napoleon (James Mazepa Collection).

Center: Letter from San Miguel to Havana, 1813. Very scarce maritime mail use

(James Mazepa collection).

Bottom: Front from Sonsonate to Villa Nueva de Costa Rica, a scarce destination

within the Kingdom of Guatemala (Guillermo F Gallegos collection).

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USEDPOSTALSTATIONERYWRAPPERSOFELSALVADORDr John K. Courtis FRPSL, [email protected]

One would not

automatically expect to

find that used examples of

the post office postal

stationery wrappers of

Salvador are some of the

most elusive wrappers in

the world. This is the case,

however, with only six

examples appearing in the

author’s extensive

database. Since

September 2003 the

author has hand‐collected

daily used post office

postal stationery wrapper

images from eBay listings

and the total is now

approximately 32,000. Of

these only a handful are

from Salvador. This is a

listing rate of about one

every 21 months or

thereabouts.

The story of Salvador

wrappers and Seebeck is

inextricably entwined. The

forthcoming catalogue of

Kosniowski (2014)

succinctly describes the

situation. All the

newspaper wrappers,

from 1890 to 1897

inclusive for Salvador were

printed by the Hamilton

Bank Note Engraving and

Printing Company. In

1889, Nicholas F Seebeck

developed a plan for the

Hamilton Bank Note

Engraving and Printing Co

to print stamps for foreign

countries. He offered to

supply the stamps for free,

provided that the stamps

would be dated and

invalidated at the end of

each year, to be replaced

by a new series. Any

unsold (invalid) stamps

would be returned to

Seebeck for sale to

collectors; Seebeck

retained the right to

reprint any invalid stamps

as needed for sale to

collectors. Mint sets of

Seebeck wrappers are not

uncommon.

Post Office Issues

The first issue of post

office postal stationery

wrappers appeared on 3

December 1889. It was a

set of four dated 1890 and

depicted an allegory

embossed in an oval

frame. The wrapper size is

192‐198x260‐290mm and

one set each was printed

on white and blue paper.

The quantity ordered of

each of the four

denominations of 3c, 6c,

12½c and 25c all in light

brown was 2,500. Using

Higgins & Gage catalogue

numbers these are E1‐E4.

The second set was issued

1 January 1891 showing a

volcano design and printed

on salmon paper. These

were issued in a smaller

145x295mm size in

denominations 2c red, 3c

dark blue, 6c green and

12½c brown (E5‐E8) and

inscribed 1891. The next

year the Landing of

Christopher Columbus set

was issued, embossed

within a shield and

inscribed 1892. These

were printed on blue

paper in the same

denominations in brown,

but each denomination

was of a different size:

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E1 E2 E3 E4

E5 E6

E7

E8

E9 E10 E11 E12

E13

E14

E15

E16

E17

E18

E19

E20

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E21

E22

E23

E24

E25

E26

E27

E28

Illustration 1: Post Office Postal Stationery Indicia of Salvador

2c ‐145x295mm, 3c –

165x253mm, 6c –

170x255mm and 12½c –

140x295mm (E9‐E12).

In 1893 a more simplistic

style appeared, being

General Carlos Basilio

Ezeta, who was President

of El Salvador between 22

June 1890 and 9 June

1894. The four

denominations were 2c

carmine, 3c violet, 10c

brown and 11c red and

they were printed on blue

paper in the size 203‐

205x265mm (E13‐E16). In

1894 there was a return to

a more ornate frame with

the design depicting the

Goddess of Liberty printed

on white horizontal laid

paper and inscribed 1894.

Again there were four

denominations: 2c dark

blue, 3c red, 10c violet and

11c red (E17‐E20). There

were specimen

handstamps applied to

each of these four issues.

In 1895 another set of

wrappers was issued

bearing the El Salvadorian

Coat of Arms embossed

within a shield. Printed on

blue paper the size was

165x253mm. The

denominations were 2c

green, 3c brown, 4c blue

and 6c rose (E21‐E24). In

1897 the final set was

issued with a return to a

plainer design. General

Rafael Antonio Gutiérrez

was President of El

Salvador from 10 June

1894 to 13 November

1898. His full face appears

on the same

denominations and in the

same colours (E25‐E28).

The Seebeck influence

created seven sets of

wrapper issues between

December 1889 and 1897

that were not needed by

public demand but were

essentially for collectors.

The indicia shown have

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been copied with due

acknowledgement from

the catalogue of

worldwide wrappers by

Jan Kosniowski

(forthcoming 2014).

Extant Wrappers

With so few examples

having appeared on the

eBay market over the past

decade, in lieu of a census

it is convenient to show

each of the six examples

and these appear in

Illustration 2. There is one

example of E9 to New York

via Panama and appears to

be postmarked September

5 1898. The sole example

of E15 is an uprated

wrapper to Frauenfeld,

Switzerland. The third

wrapper is E21 to

Germany via Panama and

New York and is

postmarked July 15 1895.

There appears to be a

missing stamp at the

extreme left. The fourth

wrapper is one of two

extant examples of E22

and is postmarked May 4

1895 and addressed to the

city of Sonsonate. There is

an oval merchant

handstamp OSCAR ULEX

SANTA ANA at the left side

of the wrapper. The

second E22 shows two

cancels postmarked

November 4 1895 SAN

SALVADOR and is to a local

address. The last used

wrapper in the database is

E28 addressed to Munich,

Bavaria, Germany via S.

Francisco. The date is

unreadable from the

internet image.

E9 wrapper to New York via Panama

E15 uprated wrapper to Frauenfeld, Switzerland

E21 wrapper to Germany via Panama & New York

E22 wrapper local delivery

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E22 wrapper local delivery

E28 wrapper to Bavaria, Germany

Illustration 2: Commercially Used Wrappers of Salvador

There are two other

Salvador wrappers in the

database worthy of

mention and they are

included here for their

collector interest. The first

wrapper shows the

allegory embossed twice,

correctly within the oval

frame but also in error to

the left and clear of the

indicium. It would be

interesting to know how

such an error could occur.

The second wrapper is an

unaddressed copy of E13

with in‐the‐clear

postmarks, a circular date

stamp ADMINISTRACION

DE CORREOS,

SONSONATE, SALVADOR,

C.A. and a three‐ring

obliterator. This is likely to

be a per favour cancel.

Error on E3 with double embossing

Appears to be a per favour cancel on E13

Illustration 3: Error and Per Favour Cancel

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Wrapper Sales

The author has maintained

a record of all eBay used

wrapper sales since March

2006 and to date there are

12,200 transactions.

Given the scarcity of used

examples of post office

wrappers of Salvador one

might expect that there

has been a flood of

bidders for anything that

came on the market. This

has not been the case with

regard to eBay sales. In

the past eight years only

three sales have been

recorded: one each of E16

for USD2.36 with two

bidders, E21 for $1.75 with

three bidders and E28 for

$19.00 with one bidder.

There were no sales of

Specimen wrappers.

These results suggest that

collectors of Salvador may

not be watching the

listings on eBay but are

relying instead on

alternative sources. An

alternative and more likely

explanation is that

Salvador has a small

collector base and an even

smaller postal stationery

base. That there is so little

interest in bidding on the

occasional appearance of

used examples suggests

that sets of unused

wrappers may have

satisfied collector needs.

Alternatively, postal

stationery collectors look

to the traditional philatelic

auction houses for their

wants. Collectors with

such information are

invited to supplement the

findings of this study.

Private Wrappers

The author also maintains

a database of private

wrappers and there are

two examples of Salvador.

Strictly they are not postal

stationery but are more

postal history items; they

are included here for the

record. These are shown

as Illustration 4. The first

wrapper bears the private

printing BANCO CENTRAL

DE RESERVA, DE EL

SALVADOR and address

and is franked with a pair

of 1938 2c dark green

Indian women washing

(Sc575). The wrapper is

cancelled in purple with

the 3‐line slogan:

BUYER(?)// CARE// El

Salvador within rectangle

and 5‐wavy lines and is

addressed to the Bank of

France, Paris, France. The

second wrapper has no

identifiable sender but is

franked with two 1907 1c

green and black showing

the National Palace

(Sc355) and addressed to

Tromso Museum, Tromso,

Norway.

Conclusion

Seebeck’s influence in

causing a surfeit of

unnecessary post office

postal stationery wrappers

is apparent with 28

different wrappers in an

eight year span. This is

possibly a record as the

author is unaware of any

other country that issued

so many different

wrappers in such a short

time, but then the Seebeck

influence is unique. What

is apparent from the

author’s extensive

database of used wrappers

that have been listed for

sale on eBay over the past

decade is that there

appears to be very few

surviving used post office

postal stationery

examples. Only six have

been recorded and of

these two were addressed

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locally, two were

addressed to Germany and

one each to USA and

Switzerland.

Only three sales have been

recorded and there is no

evidence that the

economists’ laws of supply

and demand have been

followed. The three

realized sales were $1.75,

2.36 and 19.00 with a

maximum possible of six

bidders only.

Two private Salvador

wrappers have been

noted, both to overseas

destinations. These,

together with the extant

post office copies make a

total of eight extant

wrappers appearing on

eBay in the past decade.

This quantity is extremely

small and must place

wrappers as especially

elusive philatelic items.

References

Higgins and Gage (1964),

Priced Catalogue of Postal

Stationery of the World,

California.

Kosniowski Jan (2014

forthcoming), Newspaper

Wrappers: Catalogue of

Postal Stationery

Newspaper Wrappers of

the Whole World,

StampDomain

Illustration 4: Private Wrappers of Salvador

El Salvador, truly one of the last frontiers in philately. Where can you find

such an impressive array of complex issues still waiting for new discoveries

to be made? Whatever your interest, El Salvador has it all. Let us help you

build your collection!

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MODERNCOMMEMORATIVECANCELSManuel Menjivar

Since the 1990s, the

Salvadorian postal service

has customarily issued

special cancellations to

commemorate events that

apparently are not

significant enough for a

commemorative stamp

issue but nevertheless

require some type of

postal homage. The

criteria for the special

commemorative cancels

are not clear. Nor there is

any official record known

of the cancels produced,

their time period of use,

etc.

Because of these

limitations, we present in

the following pages a

selection of these modern

commemorative cancels,

with the idea of starting a

listing that can be

expanded with

contributions from other

members. If you have a

cancellation that it is not

in this list, please let us

know at

[email protected] .

1997: 5th Anniversary of the Academia Nacional de Seguridad Publica (Public Safety Academy) &

125th Anniversary of the Josefine Order. 1998: 16th Anniversary of the creation of the National

Civil Police. 1999: 50th Anniversary of the Social Security Institute.

2003: 50th Anniversary of the Colegio Eucaristico (Eucharistic College), 50th Anniversary of ADOC

(Shoe Company), 25th Anniversary of the Salvadorian Chamber of Tourism, Philatelic Exhibition 'El

Salvador on its postage stamps'

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2004: Police Week 2004, 20th Anniversary of the Cartagena Declaration for Refugees. 2005: 120th

Anniversary of the Banco Salvadoreño (Private Bank), 75th Anniversary of the Accountants

Corporation.

2006: 60th Anniversary of YSU (Radio Station), 125th Anniversary DIGESTYC (General Direction of

Statistics & Census), Special cancel for Programa Ternura (Tenderness Program – This cancel was

used on all correspondence sent in October‐ November 2006), Special cancel honoring Aida Lima

de Criollo, Poet.

2006: Homage to Valero Lecha, Painter, Cancel for the Tribunal de Etica Gubernamental

(Government Ethics Court). 2007: 65th Anniversary of the Lions Club, 95th Anniversary of the

Atheneum of El Salvador.

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2008: 65th Anniversary of FEDECREDITO (Credit Associations Federation), 27th Latin American

Forum of Lions Clubs. 2009: 65th Anniversary of CEL (Electric Utility). 2010: 50th Anniversary of the

Green Cross. 2012: 30th Anniversary of the Pedagogic University (Private University).

2013: 25th Anniversary FESPAD (Foundation of Studies for the Application of Law). Undated:

World Intellectual Property Day (26 April), National Day of Pupusas (Salvadorian food).

Undated: World Tourism Day (27 September), International Museum Day (18 May), Avoid

Violence, Special Olympics El Salvador.

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SHOW‐N‐TELLThis section presents an illustration of an interesting item from the collection of one of our member or

collaborators.

Block of four of Scott O368

The last official stamp issued by El Salvador, presumably in the 1960s. The stamp is

extremely rare as very few were used, and most of the remainders were incinerated by

the Salvadorian Postal Service.

(Jose Luis Cabrera Collection)

We would appreciate if you could send your comments, suggestions, and

contributions for El Salvador Philatelist to our e‐mail address:

sfes‐[email protected] or

[email protected]

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ADLETSOur adlet service allows members to publish their philatelic interests on each ‘El Salvador Philatelist’ so

they can buy, sell, or exchange with other collectors. Every member is eligible to place one adlet in the

journal. In order to send us the adlet you want published, please send us an email to

[email protected].

Looking for El Salvador stamps Scott #'s: 57, 229, 247, 252, 257, 293, 558, C31, O223, O224,

O226, 1 of (O227, O228, O230, O231), O355. If you have any of these, please e‐mail price to

[email protected] ‐‐ will respond promptly.

Wanted: Errors, proofs, oddities of El Salvador. If you have any of these for sale or exchange,

please send an e‐mail to: [email protected] .

Looking for Scott #’s: 25E, 190, 191A, 211, 212A, 225, 227, 230B, 232, 237H, 240A, 297 y 311B;

Officials O66, O67 y O68/O72. All of them either mint or used. Please contact at

[email protected] .

Wijesena, a lawyer from Sri Lanka & a keen philatelist, interested in contacts with fellow

collectors from El Salvador and other Latin countries for the exchange of stamps, fdcs, s/s, m/s,

etc. Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

Essays, Color Trials, Proofs, Freaks, Fakes, Oddities. Your offers most welcomed to Pierre

Cahen: [email protected] or POB 483 San Salvador, El Salvador.

Interested in trading revenue stamps of El Salvador. Bryon Batjiaka, e‐mail:

[email protected]

WANTED: Multiple copies of Scott #452 to 455 and 457 to 467 for a study. Unused, used, no

gum, poor centering, slight thins are of use to me provided they are priced accordingly. I am

NOT interested in shifted overprints. I can use up to 50 copies of any of the mentioned Scott

numbers, including varieties. Of course, pairs, strips and blocks are worth a premium. Please

write first to Joe Hahn, [email protected]

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MEMBERSSERVICES

AFISAL regularly meets

every Saturday at 3PM

(local time) in the

premises of the National

Museum of Anthropology

(MUNA) in San Salvador.

The meetings are

characterized by the

informal exchange of

material and information

between the members.

MUNA is located at

Avenida Revolución, Col.

San Benito, in front of the

Centro Internacional de

Ferias y Convenciones

(CIFCO). It is the largest

museum in El Salvador,

with an extensive

collection of Pre‐

Columbian artifacts and

ethnographic material.

New Issues Service

Collectors interested in having all recent issues of El Salvador can subscribe to our New Issues Service. The general conditions are as follows:

a. The Society will provide the members subscribed to the "New Issues Service" all the stamps issued by El Salvador from the date of the subscription onwards until the collector requests the end of the service or leaves the Society.

b. The stamps will be sold at face value + 10% commission to the Society in order to cover administrative costs.

c. Shipping costs will be based on current postal rates to the country of residence of the

collector. In order to save on shipping costs, the new issues will be sent every three months in a single package.

d. In order to subscribe to the New Issues Service, members will have to send US$30 in cash or check from US or Salvadorian banks made payable to Pierre Cahen (checks from other countries are not accepted), along with the new issue service agreement filled out and signed ( New Issues Service.doc or New Issues Service.pdf ) to the following address:

Pierre Cahen

Vipsal 1342

POB 02‐5364

Miami Florida 33102

USA

The payment is a

deposit in the Society

which is debited every

time a new issue is

purchased or sent to

the collector. Every

member will receive a

statement of his

deposit along with

each New Issues

package. When the

deposit reaches a level

of US$5 or less, the

Society will request a

further advance to

increase the deposit.

e. Members may cancel the New Issues Services by sending a letter or an e‐mail to [email protected] at least a month in advance from the date they wish to end the service.

Documents

EL SALVADOR PHILATELIST X, Number 3.pdfEL SALVADOR PHILATELIST Dear Colleagues, In this issue we are happy to welcome a new collaborator, Dr John K. Courtis, who is a …