Container Inventory

The Charles S. Hamilton Collection

Volume 1: Included in this 44 page album are El Salvador Stamps issued from 1867 – 1895:

1867 Issue

• Stamps of this issue are similar to those found in the Taylor collection and includes a group of plate proofs from the Amercan Bank Note sample sheets
• Several of the used stamps have contemporary cancels, including a British marking

1874 to 1889 Issues

• Stamps of this issue are similar to those found in the Taylor collection

1890 Seebeck Issue

• Stamps of this issue are similar to those found in the Taylor collection
• 2c with “Specimen” overprint, and 1c pair with imperforate between

1891 Seebeck Issue

• Stamps of this issue are similar to those found in the Taylor collection with several imperforate pairs and blocks as well as imperf between ones
• 1 Peso with light blue number “118” on reverse (reprint)

1892 Seebeck Issue

• Stamps of this issue are similar to those found in the Taylor collection with several imperforate between and imperforate vertically varieties
• Provisional issues with black overprint reading up and down, block of 12 of the 1c on 20c, one of which shows the inverted “V” in “CENTAVO”, a copy with inverted overprint, block of 4 of the 1c on 25c including a copy with the overprint inverted, and 1892 cover shown on the title page of this finding guide

1893 Seebeck Issue

• Stamps of this issue are similar to those found in the Taylor collection with examples of plate proofs on india paper
• 5c with “Specimen” overprint
• Block of 2c imperforate between vertically as well as other values in a similar state
• 1c with a “Sansonate” counterfeit cancel (genuine reads “Sonsonate”)
• Pairs of the 2 Pesos and 5 Pesos
• 10 Pesos with favor cancel

1894 Seebeck Issue

• Group of trial color proofs including the high values, most are pairs
• Provisional issue with “ccntavo” variety and a strip of 3 with a diagonal overprint

1895 Seebeck Issue

• So-called First Issue group of plate proofs
• 2c with dark green overprint (reprint); inverted overprint on the 20c
• So-called Second Issue horizontal pair, imperf between of the 5c value
• Group of provisional stamps including mink block of six of the 1c on 24c and one of the 1c on 30c,
• Several cancels including a San Francisco, CA oval and a 15 January 1895 cancel, which has been claimed to the first day of issue

Volume 2: Included in this 33 page album are El Salvador Stamps issued from 1896 – 1902:

1896 Seebeck Issue

• Examples of plate proofs including color trials of the so-called First Issue
• Copy of the 15c violet on gray-white paper (original) and a copy of the 15c in bright ultramarine on white paper (reprint)
• A 3c of the so-called Second Issue with a “Transito Panama” cancel
• Examples of the so-called Third Issue

1897 Seebeck Issue

• Stamps of this issue are similar to those found in the Taylor collection
• Both the watermarked and unwatermarked 24c are reprints (for the correct shade of an original see the pull-out frames in the museum)
• Stamps of this provisional issue are similar to those found in the Taylor collection
• Scarce cover with the 13c on 100c used from San Salvador to New York on 17 December 1897

Greater Republic of Central America Issue

• Stamps of this issue are similar to those found in the Taylor collection except for a copy with a March 17, 1897 cancel, the only month of validity for this issue

1898 Seebeck Issue

• Stamps of this issue are similar to those found in the Taylor collection but there are a couple of copies on the unwatermarked paper, which was issued in Nicaragua and some of these were used in El Salvador although not catalogued as such. (Care must be used not to confuse these stamps with the unwatermarked reprints. These exist because at least some of the printing plates were of 200 stamps, 100 of El Salvador and 100 of Nicaragua.)

Transito Territorial Issue

• Stamps of this issue are similar to those found in the Taylor collection

1899 Provisional Issue

(wheel on 1898 issue)

• Stamps of this issue are similar to those found in the Taylor collection including a double wheel on 2c

1899 Seebeck Issue

• Stamps of this issue are similar to those found in the Taylor collection
• Counterfeit double wheel on 100c and a genuine double wheel on 1c

1900 Provisional Issue

(on 1898 issue)

• Stamps of this issue are similar to those found in the Taylor collection

(on 1899 issue)

• Stamps of this issue are similar to those found in the Taylor collection but with a 1c on 2c with wheel double (February printing), a “1 centavo 1” (October printing - only value printed then); 1c on 13c, without wheel (February printing with “ _ntavo”), 1c on 13c, without wheel, inverted overprint, (August printing), a “1 centavo 1” without wheel (October printing), 1c on 13c, without wheel but with “quod” before “1”(February printing), 1c on 13c, without wheel, with “eentavo” variety and a straight line “Santa Ana” in double circle cancel (February printing), 1c on 13c without wheel, partial doubling of the overprint (August printing). 2c on 13c, without wheel, “eentavo” variety (February printing), 3c on 12c, without wheel, overprint inverted (August printing), and a 3c on 12c, without wheel, double overprint (August printing)

1900 Lithograph Issues

(Handstamped Small Shield)

• Stamps of this issue are similar to those found in the Taylor collection

(Handstamped Large Shield)

• Stamps of this issue are similar to those found in the Taylor collection however without the 10c

(Typographed Overprint)

• Stamps of this issue are similar to those found in the Taylor collection but with with inverted shield on 1c, double shield on 1c, missing shield on 1c, and pairs of the 13c, 24c, and 26c with one overprint normal and the other inverted
• The 2c rose with two little red “5” overprint sideways on it (status unknown)

Volume 3: Included in this 30 page album are postage dues, officials, and registration and Acknowledgement of Receipt stamps:

• Stamps of this issue are similar to those found in the Taylor collection
• Postage Dues from 1895 – 1899, mint, used (all with favor cancels) and reprints, and watermarked 117 (Liberty Cap)
• 1896 Officials with mint block of 12 with double overprint (reprint); watermarked 117, unwatermarked issues, black and violet handstamps of the bogus “De Oficio” handstamp with one genuine copy, reprints, and inverted overprints
• 1897 with original copy of the 24c, 1898, 1899 and 1900 Officials including some punched with 12 small holes, mint used and overprinted, including a 1c with Franqueo Oficial oval and the numeral “1” punched in it (status unknown)
• 1897 Registration and Acknowledgement of Receipt stamps
• 1895 parcel post stamps mint and imperforate pairs.