Honduras stamps

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Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was formerly known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras (now Belize). The country is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea.

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Scott: #C403aPP

Issued: 31.5.1966

Centenary, Honduran Stamps

#1 Inside #C387: Honduras #1O

 Inside #C388: Honduras #C1O


Scott: #C486O

Issued: 0.5.1971

Revalued Provisional Definitive #C387


#C688-91

#C692#C693

Scott: #C688O, #C689O, #C690O, #C691P, #C692O, #C693O

Issued: 17.12.1980

Death Centenary of Sir Rowland Hill

GB #1 te Inside #C689: G.B. #1

#1 Inside #C690: Honduras #1O

 Inside #C691: Honduras #2O

#C694_1

Scott: #C694PPP

 Inside #C694: Honduras #C402O


#C715-9

Scott: #C715-9O

Issued: 14.1.1983

3rd Anniversary, UPU Executive Council Membership

Inside #C719: TBI

#C720

#C720O


#C903

Scott: #C902-4O

Thanks to Lloyd Gilbert for the scans

Issued: 10.9.1993

150th Anniversary, Brazilian Stamps

#1-3

Inside #C902-4: Brazil #1-3O


%23C1075#C1076-7

Scott: #C1075-7O

Issued: 7.7.2000

75th Anniversary, Airmail Stamps of Honduras

#C12

Ustaritz Black Honduras

Santa Fe Black Honduras

 Inside #C1075: Honduras #C12O (Black Honduras)

Lou Wrote: There were only two known examples of the 1925 “Black Honduras” air mail stamp [reproduced on both Nicaragua C716 (1976) and Honduras C1075 (2000)].  The scan on the right is the stamp — now called the “Santa Fe Black Honduras”-- on both, and in fact, is now the only one in existence; the other stamp, the “Ustaritz Black Honduras” was lost in NYC almost 10 years ago and presumed destroyed.  Cherrystone Auctions sold the C12 rarity— stain and part gum notwithstanding, on January 11 2012 for $149,500.


Scott: #???-?O

Issued: 04.11.2023

The 50th Anniversary of the Honduras Philatelic Federation

and The Platinum Jubilee/75th Anniversary of the Puerto Rico Philatelic Society (in 2022)

and the 150th Anniversary of the First Stamps of Puerto Rico

 Inside #????: Puerto Rico #3O

Lou Wrote: Honduras, on November 4, 2023 issued a setenant pair to commemorate two philatelic organization anniversaries. One, to note the 50th Anniversary of the Honduras Philatelic Federation is not a SoS, but the other is a SoS, noting the Platinum Jubilee/75th Anniversary of the Puerto Rico Philatelic Society (in 2022) and the 150th Anniversary of the First Stamps of Puerto Rico. Reproduced is one, Puerto Rico #3, all created by adding to stamps of Cuba, an unusual overprint representing the initials of the treasurer of the island. Why they came about to be issued is an interesting story.

Prior to 1873, the same stamps were used in Cuba and Puerto Rico, but due to economic differences, the currency of Puerto Rico became worth more than that of Cuba, and stamps were illegally bought in Cuba to use in Puerto Rico, creating a revenue loss to the post office. To end these practices, it was decided to issue stamps, differing only with the overprint, to be used just in Puerto Rico. Various values with a variety of overprints were used until mid 1877 when the first stamps inscribed " PTo RICO" were issued.

Thanks to Lou Guadagno 


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#1

Honduras #1

Honduras #2

Honduras #C1

#C12

Honduras #C12 (Black Honduras)

For Honduras, Lesotho, Nicaragua :)

Honduras #C402

[Airmail - The Black-handed Spider Monkey, type QS]

Honduras #C789 for St. Thomas & Prince

Honduras #C1052i for Bolivia

Scott: #???-? (2023)