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CSEL also had to overprint each stamp with the year dates. Initially 1872/1873, and then 1874/1875, for 18 provinces. For the 1876/1877, 1878/1879, and 1880/1881 issues there was no longer a requirement to overprint the stamps for each of the provinces and the dates of validity, previously overprinted, were included in the design.
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Proof of the 10c
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(We illustrate a proof of the 10c value, 1876/1877 to show the change in design.) In 1879 war with Chile broke out and lasted until 1884. For the period of the war, the Peruvian Government retreated to Arequipa and dominated the Southern departments; surprisingly, these Southern departments were those closest to Chile geographically. Both Peru and Chile used provisional issues through overprinting leftover stamps throughout the period of the war rather than ordering new printings other than the 1880/1881 issue. One could say that they had their respective minds on more important matters. In 1884, CSEL printed their last series of revenue stamps for Peru. Following this period, a number of local printers were used. |
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| Composite sheetlet of the 10 Sol and 20 Sol values |
Charles Skipper & East, London followed in the same tradition as Waterlow Bros by producing 'sample sheets' that their travelling salesmen took around so as to show potential clients the quality of their work. We illustrate a composite sheetlet of the 10 Sol and 20 Sol values. Very cleverly, the engraved validity dates have been replaced by 'CS&E' and 'LONDON'. The sheetlet is additionally identified by a perfin in the bottom margin, at the right hand side, 'SPECIMEN, C. SKIPPER & EAST'. These sheetlets are not too common. Ian Greig, a very keen student of the postage stamps of the Australian State of Victoria, has told us an apocryphal story about stamp sample sheets. According to him, these sheetlets in the printing trade are called 'lunch tickets'. So the story goes, if the sales representative had a good lunch, the host was given a coloured sample sheet. If the lunch was not so good, a lower value, or black and white, sheetlet was given away.
According to Herbert Moll, A Directory of Printers, London and Vicinity 1800 - 1840 by Williams B Todd lists Charles Skipper (Master Printer) and Partner, Williams Edmund East, but we haven't seen this reference yet. As we said at the start of this article, we couldn't find out anything more about them. What do you know about the printers? Any information you have would be very gratefully accepted. |
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