First Issues - 1861 to 1864

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Costa Rica

March 1863 SG1 Sc1	Commemorative 1921 SG115 Sc103 Centenary of coffee cultivation	Airmail 1926 SG164 Sc-C1	Charity 1922 SG130 Sc-B1 Red Cross	Official 1883 SG-O35 Sc-O1	Post Due 1903 SG-D55 Sc-J1

1939 SG Sc184 Purple Guaria Orchid

Central America’s Costa Rica is another orderly entry with timely, inexpensive stamps. The exact date of the first issue is not known. Costa Rica did produce one of the most elegant stamp issues of all time, the 1938 Orchid (their national flower) and, although outside the scope of this display, it is a pleasure to show it.

Netherlands Indies

1st April 1864 SG1 Sc1	Commemorative 1922 SG285 Sc102a Industrial Fair	Airmail 1928 SG303 Sc-C1	Charity 1915 SG243 Sc-B1 Red Cross	Official 1911 SG-O186 Sc-O1 o/p 1902 SG142 Sc38

Netherlands Indies (or Dutch East Indies) first issue was on 1st April 1864. The first airmail is one of the best overprints of its kind. There were Japanese occupation issues in 1943. The early post dues are unaffordable.

Wenden

1863 Sc-L1

This was a town in the Russian province of Livonia governed by the Teutonic Knights and thus enjoying special privileges, including its own postal administration. Although listed by Scott, the stamp shown is generally regarded as an essay.

Occupation Issues and Offices Abroad

It has been noted in the previous entries that these are dealt with in detail in a separate display, but mentioned when relevant to individual countries, provinces and states. Both the first occupation issue (1864, Holstein, see page 2) and the first office abroad stamp (1863, Russia, General issue for the Turkish Empire, p8) were released in this period.

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