El Salvador Philatelist, Year V, No 4

El Salvador Filatélico

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El Salvador Filatelico –

El Faro Official Journal of the El Salvador Philatelic Society - ACES

Year V, Number 4 April - June 2009

El Salvador Filatélico – El Faro

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INDEX The Director’s Column ............................ 2 In Memoriam – Abraham Luspo ………… 3 Handbook Report ………………………….. 4 Who’s Who on the stamps of El Salvador – Roque Dalton ……………..... 5 The “Ecological” Cover ..…..…………..…... 7 Adlets …………………………..................... 9 Auction Report ……………..…………..…... 10 El Salvador New Issue………………………. 13 New Issue Services …………………………. 15 Show-n-Tell ................................................. 16 Flowers … On the Stamps of El Salvador (Part 3)…………………….…….. 17 El Salvador Filatelico – El Faro General Index Years 1 – 5 ……………………………. 18

The Director’s Column Some Words from Our Editor Dear Colleagues, We believe this is a very relevant issue for several reasons. First of all, we are pleased to inform that we have set a target date for finishing the draft of the first part of the El Salvador Philatelic Handbook… YES, THE HANDBOOK… An idea some of us have had for more than 30 years and it seems that now we are very close from actually achieving it! Please check the Handbook report for more info… The second reason is that with this issue we complete FIVE years since we merged ACES with the El Salvador Philatelic Society and started publishing this on-line journal. We are quite satisfied with the results obtained so far, and we expect the following years to be even better, OBVIOUSLY WITH YOUR ACTIVE COLLABORATION! Third point is that the Handbook quest has caused us to collaborate with very well-known institutions and academies. One of these collaborations is with the Smithsonian Institution National Postal Museum in Washington DC, which has allowed us to reproduce items from their collections. The first example is the fantastic 4 real full sheet of the 1867 issue that is illustrated on the cover of this issue. More will come… I would also like to thank some members for their feedback and comments, we are encouraged by them. Joe Hahn has commented on the 50c on 1C black overprint article that appeared in our previous issue, and as I believe it is of interest to all of us, I am reproducing it here: “Re the 50c on 1 C black stamp. I agree that there can be little doubt that it was authorized. However, I think it should be considered as a "blocked" item. That is, it was only available to a select few and not the public at large. The cover, as you point out, is a philatelically inspired item but it did go through the mail. I don't know enough about the air-mail rates to know if it paid a correct rate or if it is overfranked. It was and still is not uncommon to add a funny item to a cover but pay the necessary rate with other stamps. If you look back at a previous article of mine in the journal you will see a cover with a stamp "red 6 on a 1903 issue" that shows the stamp went through the mail but it paid nothing as the other stamps really paid the necessary rate. I assume you know someone who could make this determination as to whether or not the stamp paid for anything.” [We will take a look at it] Please continue with your collaborations and comments!!! Cordially, Guillermo Gallegos

Board of Directors President Ramon de Clairmont Vicepresident Jose Luis Cabrera A. Secretary Robinson Cruz B. Treasurer Jose Luis Alonzo Legal Affairs Manuel Duarte I er Vocal Tomás Rodriguez 2 o. Vocal Armando González Director of Guillermo Gallegos Philatelic Studies Director of Jose Manuel Molina Special Events Director of PR Mario Galán Director of Auctions Pierre Cahen

On The Cover 1867 4r full sheet, only known. From the collection of the Smithsonian National Postal Museum, Washington, DC.


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In Memoriam – Abraham Luspo. Guillermo Gallegos Back in its beginnings, ebay was a relatively “small” community where transactions were much less impersonal than they are now. Then, in some very special cases, you could even find persons on the other side of the world that shared your collecting interests and with whom you could start a nice collaborative relationship. That was my case with Abraham Luspo. In 1998, although I was born in El Salvador and had being a member of this Society for several years, I was still focused on improving my Germany collection and didn’t care that much for Salvadorian philately. For reasons not totally clear now, the only Salvadorian stamp that barely interested me was from the 400th Years of the Discovery of America (1892). So when I saw on ebay that somebody in the Philippines was selling a plate proof block of 4 of one of the values, I bought it mostly as a curio for my collection. However, in the e-mail exchange that followed the transaction I also asked out of curiosity what else did he have of El Salvador, and the reply was a revelation for me: “What I have in El Salvador: These are the extras from the DAVID CHIONG Collection of El Salvador – the best now in the world for 8-frames Traditional (2 large golds world FIP), 8 frames postal

stationery (2 Golds World FIP), 5 frames on the second issue alone and 8 frames on the Seebeck issue up to 1900.” This was the opening of a long e-mail in which he described the David Chiong collection and was the first of several e-mails in which he described Salvadorian philately in a way I would had never imagined: El Salvador was actually an exciting country to collect! Abraham’s e-mails encouraged me to start looking for more information, and eventually I started corresponding with other collectors, most notably Joe Hahn, with whom we have been doing this journal and hopefully soon the Handbook, for which Abraham also helped considerably by providing scans of David Chiong’s Collection. So, now, ten years later, when Joe & I reactivated the El Salvador collectors’ network to make the final push for the Handbook, we were saddened to hear that Abraham had passed away at the end of 2008. Although we never met personally, I will always remember Abraham, the 1892 plate proof, and all his e-mails that were a determinant for me to start collecting El Salvador.

His family has our deepest sympathy and we are really going to miss him.


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El Salvador Handbook Report. Guillermo Gallegos After a long hiatus, we are very happy to give you a significant update on the Handbook project. Although we have a preliminary draft covering up to 1899, due to the extent of the material, we have decided to divide the Handbook in sections, and aim for publishing each section every subsequent year instead of trying to publish everything at once at an undetermined time in the future. Therefore, our objective is to finish the draft of the first section by the end of this year so we can have it published in early 2010. The first section will cover: Chapter 1: Prephilatelic postmarks. Chapter 2: 1867 Issue Chapter 3: 1874 Issue Chapter 4: 1879 Issue Chapter 5: First Stationery Issues (1883-1889) Chapter 6: 1887-1889 Issues

Joe and I are making to final push in the following months to obtain as much material and information as possible to include in the final version of this section. Therefore, we STRONGLY ENCOURAGE you to collaborate

with us by providing information or illustrations of interesting items you think could be included in the Handbook. Some areas we would especially appreciate your help with are the following:

• Prephilatelic items as we plan

to include at least one illustration of the use of each marking in the chapter.

• Covers of the 1867 & 1874 issues for the cover census.

• Any information or illustrations of 1887-88 private stationery not included in H&G or Ascher.

• Covers of the 1887-1889 issues.

• We gladly welcome any varieties, proofs, specimens, forgeries, etc. that you feel could be useful to report for addition to the Handbook!

If you are a long-time collector of

El Salvador, you surely know that this has been an idea long cherished by most of us; now that we are really close to finally making it true, it is YOUR TURN to help making it a comprehensive and authoritative work!

We would appreciate if you could send your comments, suggestions, and contributions for El Salvador Filatelico – El Faro to our e-mail address: [email protected]


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Who’s Who on the Stamps of El Salvador: Roque Dalton The Who’s Who section contains a brief biography of a personality who has been honored on the stamps of El Salvador. Again, we would like to thank historian Carlos Cañas-Dinarte for allowing us to summarize his biography of Roque Dalton for El Salvador Filatélico – El Faro.

Roque Antonio Dalton Garcia

was born in San Salvador in the early hours of Tuesday May 14th, 1935. He was the natural son of the American Winall Agustin Dalton and the Salvadorian Maria Garcia Medrano. He studied at the schools Santa Teresita del Niño Jesus, Bautista, & Externado San Jose, from which he finished high school in 1952.

Dalton studied Law at the

Catholic University in Chile (1953), after which he returned to the National University of El Salvador (1954-1959). During these years he started his literary activities, the most important of which were the creation of the University Literary Circle and his collaboration in establishing the University Theater in 1956. The following year he travelled to Moscow as one of the Salvadorian representatives to the VI Youth Festival; during his return, he was

detained and interrogated several times in Lisbon, Barcelona, Caracas, and other cities including San Salvador. In 1957, he joined the Salvadorian Communist Party.

In the late 1950s, he wrote

several poems, some of which won awards in National Contests, and he also worked at the radio station YSKL as a journalist of the news program Mediodia (Midday), directed by Oswaldo Escobar Velado (see Year V, Number 3). Due to its criticism of the government, the program was soon censored, and the writers narrowly avoided jail. In 1959, Roque Dalton was accused of being one of the leaders of the riots caused by university students on December 13th, 1959, and was jailed. He was freed on January 8th, 1960, but was again jailed eight months later on August 25th accused of having explosives and communist literature. He was freed again on October 26th 1960 after the fall of the Lemus government.

Due to the political instability,

Dalton moved to Guatemala, then to Mexico, and finally to Havana, where he worked as a radio commentator for Radio Havana and the news agency Prensa Latina. He also won an honorary mention at the Casa Las Americas continental literary contest with his poem compilation “El Turno

Stamp honoring Roque Dalton issued in 2005.


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del Ofendido” (The Turn of the Offended) in 1962.

Despite several death threats,

he returned clandestinely to El Salvador at the end of 1963. However, he was captured yet again and placed at the Cojutepeque jail, from which he escaped after the earthquake of May 3rd 1965. He returned to Havana, and then moved to Prague. During this time he won again the Casa de las Americas literary contest with his poem compilation “Taberna y Otros Lugares” (The Tavern & Other Places), and interviewed Miguel Marmol, a survivor of the 1932 revolt. The result of these conversations was the testimonial book “Miguel Marmol”, published in San Jose, Costa Rica in 1972 & translated to English in 1986.

Back in Habana, he worked as

a journalist until 1970, when he resigned in order to receive intense military training to join the guerrilla movements in Central America. At the end of 1973, he returned to El Salvador, with his face altered by plastic surgery and under a new identity – Julio Delfos Marin, to join the Ejercito Revolucionario del Pueblo (People’s Revolutionary Army), a clandestine organization.

In April 1975, this same organization captured him, put him on “trial”, and then under the orders of the leaders Domingo Mira and Joaquin Villalobos, executed him.

Although the details of his

murder are still very foggy and in possession of the participants in the event, the available information allows us to determine that Dalton died in San Salvador and then his body was abandoned in the volcanic terrain near the town of Quezaltepeque around May 10th, 1975. The ERP’s attempts to try to justify his execution were condemned by several Latin American intellectuals, including Julio Cortazar and Mario Benedetti, who later prepared Dalton’s first poetic anthology.

Dalton’s literary works have

been published in several countries, especially in El Salvador, Cuba, and Mexico, and his poems have been included in several compilations in Europe, the United States, and Latin America. He was proclaimed “Honorary Poet of the Republic” by the National Congress on December 11th, 1997.

The stamp in his honor was

issued as part of the “Salvadorian Writers” commemorative set in 2005.

El Salvador, truly one of the last frontiers in Philately. Where else can you find a country with such an impressive array of complex issues still waiting for new discoveries to be made? Whatever your interest (Prephilately, early classical issues, modern adhesives, airmail, stationery, revenues), El Salvador has it all. Let us help you build your collection!

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The “Ecological” Cover. Jose Luis Alonso


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The “Ecological” Cover. Cover sent from Austria during the first years of the XX Century

in the time of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and then reused in El Salvador during 1926.


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The “Ecological” Cover: On one side, El Salvador stamps Scott 479, 496/98, 500/04, and on the reverse, Austria’s Scott 112.

Now that reusing, saving, and other similar terms are in fashion, it is interesting to see that recycling was being practiced already in the first decades of the XX Century. What I am taking about is not the recycling of soda or beer cans but the reuse of postally cancelled envelope.

The envelope illustrated

above was originally sent from Austria in 1912 with Scott # 112, part

of the 1908 Hapsburg issue, and addressed to Herr Dr. Riedl. The “normal” use would be to open the envelope, read the letter contained within, probably answer to the sender, and keep the cover if the receiver was a collector. However, in this case the envelope was kept and reused by the same Dr. Riedl when he was staying at the Hostel Astoria in San Salvador on January 27th, 1926. The letter was sent by certified mail (# 1332) to Mr. E. Riedl at Portoroso, Italy, and arrived on transit at Torino on February 23rd, from where it was sent to Trieste, and then to its final destination on February 25th, 1926.

AdletsOur adlet service allows members to publish their philatelic interests on each ‘El Salvador Filatelico – El Faro’ so they can buy, sell, or exchange with other collectors. Every member is eligible to place one adlet in the journal. In order to send us the adlet you want published, please access the ‘Adlet’ page on the member’s section of the website. Looking for El Salvador stamps Scott #'s: 57, 229, 247, 252, 257, 293, 558, C31, O223, O224, O226, 1 of (O227, O228, O230, O231), O355. If you have any of these, please e-mail price to [email protected] -- will respond promptly. Wanted: Errors, proofs, oddities of El Salvador. If you have any of these for sale or exchange, please send an e-mail to: [email protected] . Looking for Scott #’s: 25E, 190, 191A, 211, 212A, 225, 227, 230B, 232, 237H, 240A, 297 y 311B; Officials O66, O67 y O68/O72. All of them either mint or used. Please contact at [email protected] . Wijesena, a lawyer from Sri Lanka & a keen philatelist, interested in contacts with fellow collectors from El Salvador and other Latin countries for the exchange of stamps, fdcs, s/s, m/s, etc. Email: [email protected] or [email protected] Essays, Color Trials, Proofs, Freaks, Fakes, Oddities. Your offers most welcomed to Pierre Cahen: [email protected] or POB 483 San Salvador, El Salvador. Interested in trading revenue stamps of El Salvador. Bryon Batjiaka, e-mail: [email protected]


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Auction Report. Joe Hahn Auction Report is a selection of El Salvador material recently auctioned or about to be auctioned at different stamp houses around the world. Cherrystone Auction (April 1st, 2009)

Cherrystone Auction (April 29th, 2009)

Above. Hamilton Bank Note Proofs with vignettes prepared for Guatemala and later used in the El Salvador 1899 issue.

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Cherrystone Auction (July 22-23rd, 2009)

Lot No. Description Catalog No. Bidding 1241

SALVADOR 1890 Allegorical Figure of Salvador, imperf. composite block of four with 2c, 25c, 50c and 1p, plus another block (value tablets blank), all in black, some adhesive stains, rare

Cat. #39/46P $700.00

1242 SALVADOR 1892 Landing of Columbus, 1c-1p black, imperf. composite sheetlet of eight, also gutter strip of three and one single die (1p), all values represented, plus two master dies (one for "cent" another for "Peso" with value omitted from the bottom tablet), all card mounted, some adhesive stains, mostly fine

Cat. #60-69P

$900.00

1243 SALVADOR 1892 Landing of Columbus, 1c-1p green, imperf. composite sheetlet of six, also gutter strip of three and one single die (1p), all values represented, card mounted, some adhesive stains, fine

Cat. #60-69P

$700.00

1244 SALVADOR 1893 President Ezeta, 1c-1p black, two imperf. composite strips of four, also gutter strip of three, plus two singles, with three master dies (value tablets blank), for centavo and peso values, another for stationery, all card mounted, some adhesive toning, fine

Cat. #76-85P

$450.00

1245 SALVADOR 1894 Columbus, 1c-10p, complete set of 13, low values imperf. sheetlet of 10 (yellow green), three top values in green or magenta, plus two master dies, all card mounted, with die numbers in pen, some adhesive stains and minor faults, generally fine

Cat. #91-103P

$650.00


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1246 SALVADOR 1895 Arms of Salvador, 2c-1p black, imperf. composite strips of three (two, one gutter), also strip of four and six singles, some incomplete designs, one invalidated by pen, all card mounted, some adhesive stains, otherwise fine

n/a $700.00

1247 SALVADOR 1895 Arms of Salvador, 2c-1p green, imperf. composite strips of three (two), also eight singles (incl. 24c purple), three incomplete designs, all card mounted, some adhesive stains, otherwise fine

n/a $700.00

1248 SALVADOR 1895 President Ezeta, 1c-1p brown, imperf. composite strip of four, also two gutter pairs, plus six singles (incl. three in green), two incomplete designs, all card mounted, some adhesive stains, otherwise fine

n/a $700.00

1249 SALVADOR 1895 President Ezeta, 1c-1p black, imperf. composite strip of four, also two gutter pairs, plus five singles), one master die (value tablets blank), all card mounted, some adhesive stains, otherwise fine

n/a $700.00

1250 SALVADOR 1895 1c-50c olive, imperf. plate proofs on wove paper, fine-v.f.

Cat. #J1-8P $190.00

1251 SALVADOR 1935 Central American Games, india proofs, horizontal pairs, also two master dies, each without value, all card mounted, some faults, generally fine-v.f., rare

Cat. #538-42,C36-40P

$450.00


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El Salvador 2009 Issues Manuel Menjivar Starting in this issue, we will provide a brief summary of the new stamps issued by El Salvador during the previous months. 150 Years of the Ministry of Foreign Relations (April 3rd, 2009)

On April 3rd, 2009, the Salvadorian Postal Service issued a $0.10 stamp commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the creation of the Ministry of Foreign relations. Although the Ministry was officially created on February 22nd, 1858, the

stamp commemorating this anniversary was issued almost one year after the 150th Anniversary. Denomination: $0.10 (US$) Number of Stamps Printed: 200,000 Sheet Format: 20 stamps Number of FDC: 765 Designer: Jose Francisco Guadron Printer: ACOASERGRAC de R.L., San Salvador Manufacturing Process: Offset Size (wxh): 40 x 35 mm Paper Type: Security Base 100 grs / M².

Supreme Electoral Tribunal – 2009 Presidential Elections (May 4th, 2009)

On May 4th, 2009, the second Salvadorian issue for 2009 was placed in circulation, this time honoring the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, the highest government institution responsible for the organization and transparency of any electoral processes in the country. According to the Philatelic Bulletin, the stamp also was intended to

publicize the Presidential Elections that took place on March 15th, 2009. We do not know why the stamp was issued some weeks later than the event it was intended to commemorate...

Denomination: $0.10 (US$) Number of Stamps Printed: 200,000 Sheet Format: 20 stamps Number of FDC: 565 Designer: Jose Francisco Guadron Printer: ACOASERGRAC de R.L., San Salvador Manufacturing Process: Offset Size (wxh): 35 x 40 mm Paper Type: Security Base 100 grs / M².


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International Year of Astronomy (May 27th, 2009)

On May 27th, a commemorative issue honoring the International Year of Astronomy was placed in circulation by the Salvadorian Postal Service in collaboration with the Salvadorian Astronomy Society (ASTRO). With this issue, El Salvador is one of more than 130 countries commemorating this event declared by UNESCO. It is interesting to mention that one of the stamps depict the San Juan Talpa Observatory, which was inaugurated on February 8th, 2000 by ASTRO, and is one of the most important observation points in Central America. The other stamps

depict Galileo, a composition of the moons discovered by him, and a Meade Schmidt-Cassegrain 10 Telescope.

Denomination: $0.10 (US$) Number of Stamps Printed: 200,000 Sheet Format: 20 stamps Number of FDC: 515 Designer: Jose Francisco Guadron Printer: ACOASERGRAC de R.L., San Salvador Manufacturing Process: Offset Size (wxh): 35 x 40 mm Paper Type: Security Base 100 grs / M².


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New Issues Service Collectors interested in having all recent issues of El Salvador can subscribe to our New Issues Service. The general conditions are as follows:

a. The Society will provide the members subscribed to the "New Issues Service" all the stamps issued by El Salvador from the date of the subscription onwards until the collector requests the end of the service or leaves the Society.

b. The stamps will be sold at face value + 10% commission to the Society in order to cover administrative costs.

c. Shipping costs will be based on current postal rates to the country of residence of the collector. In order to save on shipping costs, the new issues will be sent every three months in a single package.

d. In order to subscribe to the New Issues Service, members will have to send US$30 in cash or check from US or

Salvadorian banks made payable to Pierre Cahen (checks from other countries are not accepted), along with the new issue service agreement filled out and signed ( New Issues Service.doc or New Issues Service.pdf ) to the following address:

Pierre Cahen Vipsal 1342 POB 02-5364 Miami Florida 33102 USA

The payment is a deposit in the Society which is debited every time a new issue is purchased or sent to the collector. Every member will receive a statement of his deposit along with each New Issues package. When the deposit reaches a level of US$5 or less, the Society will request a further advance to increase the deposit.

e. Members may cancel the New Issues Services by sending a letter or an e-mail to [email protected] at least a month in advance from the date they wish to end the service

International Society of Guatemala Collectors (www.guatemalastamps.com) New Issues of El Quetzal No. 337 February 2009 First part of the history of the National Palaces of Guatemala. A study of the perforations and color varieties of the “quetzalitos” issues (1954-1987). The story of S/S Castilla of the UFCO. No. 338 May 2009 Second part of the history of the National Palaces of Guatemala. A new series of articles about old picture post cards starts with the Eichenberger post cards. New additions to the William Walker biography.


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Show-n-TellThis section presents an illustration of an interesting item from the collection of one of our members.

1891 11 cents postal envelope printing plate. One of 10 El Salvador printing plates auctioned in October 2007 by HR Harmer in the American Bank Note Company

Archives auction. These printing plates were manufactured in the 1890s by Hamilton Bank Note and remained in their facilities until it was absorbed by American Bank Note.

Afterwards, these printing plates were incorporated to ABN’s archives which were progressively auctioned from the 1990s to date.

(Guillermo Gallegos Collection)


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Flowers ...on the Stamps of El Salvador (Part III) Guillermo Gallegos Because of the popularity of topical philately, this section will present in each number a short study about a specific topic that has appeared on the stamps of El Salvador.

2000 El Imposible Issue (90%)


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On May 2000, a new issue honoring the biodiversity of the “El Imposible” National Park was placed in circulation. The issue was a 20 stamp sheet depicting different aspects of the National Park, especially with several examples of its flora & fauna.

Within this sheet, two stamps

depicted flower themes:

• 1 Colon: Cortez Blanco • 1 Colon: Flor de Encarnación

The stamps were printed by

offset at the General Direction of Graphic Services.

In 2003, a new set of stamps

depicting “Flowers & Insects” was issued on October 23rd. The issue was composed of eight designs in a se-tenant arrangement, five depicting insects and five flowers:

• 1.50C / US$ 0.17: Cortez Blanco (Tabebuia chrysantha)

• 1.50C / US$ 0.17: Ginger (Alpinia purpurata)

• 1.50C / US$ 0.17: San Andres (Tecoma stans)

• 1.50C / US$ 0.17: Maquilishuat (Tabebuia rosea)

• 1.50C / US$ 0.17: Granadilla (Passiflora edulis)

200,000 stamps were issued in

total, printed in sheets of 20 stamps by ACOASERGRAC de R.L. in offset. A souvenir sheet depicting a butterfly with a maquilishuat flower was also issued with the stamps:

2003 Flowers & Insects Issue


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That same year, another issue honoring endemic flora & fauna was issued on December 19th. One of the stamps depicted a small lizard called the “Nocturnal Scorpion of the Pacific” and the other had the Loroco flower as its central design:

400,000 stamps were printed in offset by ACOASERGRAC de R.L.

Another “Flora & Fauna” issue was placed in circulation in May 31st, 2006. This time ten stamps were issued, of which two of them depicted trees, one of them with flowers:

• 1.00C / US$ 0.11: Ceiba (Ceiba pentandra)

• 1.00C / US$ 0.11: Conacaste (Enterolobium cyclocarpum)

In total 500,000 stamps were

printed in offset by ACOASERGRAC de R.L.

2003 Flowers & Insects Souvenir Sheet

2006 Flora & Fauna Issue

2003 Endemic Flora & Fauna Issue


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El Salvador Filatelico – El Faro General Index Years 1 - 5 Author Page Year 1, Number 1

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Cover (1879 1c sheet) 1 The 1879 1 cent color essay in red Gallegos, Guillermo 3 Who’s Who on the stamps of El Salvador – Juan Aberle Cañas Dinarte, Carlos 6 Three Centuries of Salutatory Protocol Alegria, Edgardo 10 The El Salvador Section in the UPU archive Gallegos, Guillermo 13 Show-n-Tell (1940 Roland Hill Essays) Cabrera, Jose Luis 16 Chess....in the stamps of El Salvador

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Year 1, Number 2

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Cover (1955 Morazan Postal Card Proofs) 1 In Memoriam – Jeff Brasor Hahn, Joe 3 El Salvador Handbook Report Gallegos, Guillermo 4 Scarce Postmarks on the Early Volcanoes Wagner, Bill 5 Who’s Who on the stamps of El Salvador – David J. Guzman

Cañas Dinarte, Carlos 7

The 1955 postal card Ross, Steve 10 The Lithographed issue of 1899 Hahn, Joe 14 Show-n-Tell (1892 El Salvador – Nicaragua Gutter Pair) Cabrera, Jose Luis 22 The Soccer World Cups... in the stamps of El Salvador


Year 1, Number 3

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Cover (1930 Airmail Essay) 1 The El Salvador Section of the American Bank Note Sample Collection


Adlets 7 Who’s Who on the stamps of El Salvador – Francisco Gavidia


25 Year Recognition from APS 11 1889 Enigmas Wagner, Bill 12 El Salvador: Postal Organization In 1853

Gruson, Cecile 15

The Provisional Issues of 1900 Produced from the 1899 Issue Hahn, Joe 16 Show-n-Tell (1971 UNICEF Proofs) Gallegos, Guillermo 27 The Soccer World Cups... in the stamps of El Salvador


Year 1, Number 4

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Cover (1836 Central American Federation Postmaster Document)

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Zeppelin Flight Covers to El Salvador


Notes on Early Postmarks Wagner, Bill 6 Adlets 7 Who’s Who on the stamps of El Salvador – Salarrué


The locally produced Lithograph Issues of 1900-1902

Hahn, Joe 11

Show-n-Tell (1895 Shield Overprint Cover) Welch, Bill 22 The 1955 3c Barrios Card Cahen, Pierre 23 The Soccer World Cups... in the stamps of El Salvador


Year 2, Number 1

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Cover (1915 Sample Sheet – Taller Nacional de Grabados) 1 A Mail Route in the 1860’s Gallegos, Guillermo 3 Notes on Early Postmarks Wagner, Bill 7 Adlets 8 Who’s Who on the stamps of El Salvador – Alfredo Espino


Philatelic look Serrano de Lopez, Rosa

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The 1905 – 1906 Provisional Issue

Hahn, Joe 12

Show-n-Tell (Unadopted bi-color die proofs for the 3c value of the 1896 issue)

Welch, Bill 23

A slight detour Gallegos, Guillermo 24 The UPU Anniversaries... on the stamps of El Salvador


Year 2, Number 2

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Cover (1895 - only cover with postage due stamps) 1 Post Offices in 1893 & 1905 Gallegos, Guillermo 3 Enigmatic Postmarks Wagner, Bill 10 Who’s Who on the stamps of El Salvador – Hugo Lindo


The Official Stamps of the Ceres Design 1899-1911

Hahn, Joe 15

Show-n-Tell (B6 of 1942 Eucharistic Congress 30c stamp with vertical imperforations) at the left of the first and the third vertical pairs)


Adlets

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Year 2, Number 3

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Cover (1892 1 on 25c blue provisional overprint) 1 The 1879 Issue Decree Gallegos, Guillermo 3 Enigmatic Postmarks Wagner, Bill 6 Who’s Who on the stamps of El Salvador – Juan Jose Cañas


Those Pesky ‘S’ Overprints Hahn, Joe 11 Adlets 20 Show-n-Tell (Engraved 3c printing plate of the 1906 Escalon Issue)

Hahn, Joe 21

Archaeology … On the Stamps of El Salvador Gallegos, Guillermo 22 Year 2, Number 4

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Cover (1 real used as a revenue stamp in a promissory note, April 1878)

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Who’s Who on the stamps of El Salvador – Claudia Lars


Adlets 5 The 1907 Escalon “Provisional?” Issues and the Overprinted Escalon Postal Stationery

Hahn, Joe 6

Show-n-Tell (Imperforated and uncut proof sheet of the 1982 Spain World Cup Issue)

Cabrera, Jose Luis 23

SFIES – ACES Auction # 1

Cahen, Pierre 24

Year 3, Number 1

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Cover (1929 1c stamp; sheet of 32 with inverted center) 1 Who’s Who on the stamps of El Salvador – Isidro Menéndez Cañas Dinarte, Carlos 3 Who Printed the 1c value of the Escalon Issue? Hahn, Joe 7 Adlets 9 Mal Encaminado Alonzo, Jose Luis 10 Show-n-Tell (1885 Die Proof prepared by HBN for the Postal Telegraph Company)

Welch, Bill 14

Salvadorian Art … On the Stamps of El Salvador Gallegos, Guillermo 15 Auction # 2

Cahen, Pierre 22

Year 3, Number 2

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Cover (Postal Tariffs of the Central American Federation, April 1824)

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Prestamp Postal Markings


Year 3, Number 3

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Cover (“Salvador 3” by Lois Blackburn) Who’s Who on the stamps of El Salvador – Alberto Masferrer Cañas Dinarte, Carlos 3 An Unusual Printing Method Hahn, Joe 6 The American Bank Note Photographic Record 1911 - 1949 Gallegos, Guillermo 9 Adlets 18 Show-n-Tell (1935 Maximiliano Hernandez Martinez Essay) Cabrera, Jose Luis 19 Stamp On Stamps … On the Stamps of El Salvador


Year 3, Number 4

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Cover (Diario Oficial Headings) Introduction Gallegos, Guillermo 3 El Salvador’s Entry to the UPU Gallegos, Guillermo 4 The Fire at the National Palace Gallegos, Guillermo 9 A Selection of Postal Decrees (1876 - 1889)


Year 4, Number 1

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Cover (Seebeck, Postal Office, HBN Samples) Introduction Gallegos, Guillermo 3 The Seebeck Contract for El Salvador Gallegos, Guillermo 4 A Selection of Postal Decrees (1889 - 1899) Gallegos, Guillermo 7 After Seebeck


Year 4, Number 2

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Cover (1867 Revenue Use) The Postal Gallery in San Salvador Alonso, Jose Luis 3 Who’s Who on the stamps of El Salvador – Carlos Imendia Cañas Dinarte, Carlos 3 El Salvador: The mail steamships 1890 – 1910 Hahn, Joe 6 1867 Stamps used on Bill of Ladings Gallegos, Guillermo 18 Show-n-Tell (1838 Cover) Harris, Leo 20 Year 4, Number 3

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Cover (Flower Imperforate Proofs) Who’s Who on the stamps of El Salvador – Alvaro Menendez Leal


1929 Varieties of the “Opening of the International Railroad” Issue

Cabrera, Jose Luis 6

1982 World Cup Issue Varieties Cabrera, Jose Luis 14 Show-n-Tell (1938 Sketches for non issued stamps) Gallegos, Guillermo 20 Flowers … On the Stamps of El Salvador (Part I)


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Cover (Letter sent by Gerardo Barrios to Tomas Medina) Tomas Medina: The man & his correspondence Diaz, Juan Santiago 3 Addressee: Tomas Medina Gallegos, Guillermo 12 Two Maps of El Salvador from 1729 Gallegos, Guillermo 20 Year 5, Number 1

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Cover (1875 Passport) Postal History Conference at the Salvadorian Academy of History


“The mail service before the issue of postage stamps (1602 – 1866)”


Year 5, Number 2

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Cover (1919 Cover to Australia) StampShow 2008 Report Gallegos, Guillermo 3 Who’s Who on the stamps of El Salvador – Pedro Geoffroy Rivas


Some Unusual Destinations Hahn, Joe 9 The Barcelona 92 Issue & its Bogus Items Gallegos, Guillermo 13 Show-n-Tell (1894 Cover to Seebeck) Welch, Bill 23 Year 5, Number 3

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Cover (1930 Airmail Cover with C1a & C10 in Black) Auction Report Hahn, Joe 3 Who’s Who on the Stamps of El Salvador: Oswaldo Escobar Velado


The 1930 50c on 1C Black Surcharge Stamp Gallegos, Guillermo 7 A Name on a Cover Gallegos, Guillermo 11 Show-n-Tell (Transito Territorial Sheet) Welch, Bill 14 Flowers … On the Stamps of El Salvador (Part II) Gallegos, Guillermo 15 SFiES-ACES 2009 Auction # 1

Cahen, Pierre 19

Some of the articles that will appear in Year VI, Number 1 are:

Telegraph Stamps Taca 1943 Flight Covers Italo Lopez Vallecillos … on Who’s Who on the Stamps of El Salvador

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