Honduras

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.

Scott: #C403aPP

Issued: 31.5.1966

Centenary, Honduran Stamps

Inside #C387: Honduras #1O

Inside #C388: Honduras #C1O

Honduras Michel Block 8B imperf ss with printed (black) perfs, noted in Scott

Scott: #C486O

Issued: 0.5.1971

Revalued Provisional Definitive #C387

#C692

Scott: #C688P, #C689O, #C690P, #C691P, #C692P, #C693P

Issued: 17.12.1980

Death Centenary of Sir Rowland Hill

Inside #C689: G.B. #1

Inside #C690: Honduras #1O

Inside #C691: Honduras #2O

Scott: #C694O

Inside #C694: Honduras #C402O

Scott: #C694 no #PPPP

Lou wrote: The 1980 s/s, C694 was issued with a number in the right hand margin. Many years later, the printer went bankrupt and stocks of stamps on hand were sold at auction. It turned out that a quantity of the s/s were found without the printed number and resold to stamp dealers. Most stamp catalogs, like Scott, do not illustrate the s/s or note the numbering, so most dealers sold the s/s as the legitimate item. Today, both can be found for sale on the internet for similar prices, so the illegal issue should be added to the sites with an explanation.

#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

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

Scott: #C1075-7O

Issued: 7.7.2000

75th Anniversary, Airmail Stamps of Honduras


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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