5c Surcharges
The "5 cent." overprint appeared in three spacings, Narrrow, Wide and Superwide. All were placed on the 2c red Sierra of both varieties, normal and S or slanted.
Cancels
Above is a cover with a block of four stamps with 5 centavo Narrow surcharges. The top pair is slanted from row four. The bottom pair is from row five. It is an OCX cover with BH81A cancel and L post marks.
This registered OCX cover was mailed from SPS in August, 1914. Here the 5 cent. surcharge is Wide with a BH81A cancel.
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Honduras Report by Richard Washburn from The Oxcart, winter 1992.
Honduras Report by Richard Washburn from The Oxcart, spring 1995.
Riehl Collection.
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