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Stamp of Guatemala; 1902; definitive stamp of the issue "National symbols": equestrian statue of Justo Rufino Barrios in Guatemala-City; postmarked (lilac cancellation)
Stamp: Michel: No. 112; Yvert & Tellier: No. 121; Scott: No. 115
Color: carmine red / black
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 2 Centavos
Postage validity: from 15 September 1902 until ?

Stamp picture size (printed area): 26.5 x 21.0 mm
Date (first issue day of the stamp)
Source scan of original
Author Guatemala Post ("El Correo")
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Picture description - Framed drawing of the memorial for Justo Rufino Barrios, Statue in Guatemala-City before the "Palacio de la Reforma", created by Francisco Durini, memorial inaugurated in 1897; but after the great earthquake of 1918, this equestrian statue was re-erected on the contemporary location, the "Plaza Justo Rufino Barros" in Guatemala-City

- Justo Rufino Barrios (1835-1885) was President of Guatemala 1873-1879, and 1879-1885. He was killed on the battlefield.

First day of issue
Publisher Guatemala Post ("El Correo")
Design Unknown authorUnknown author
Printer ? (...Waterlow & Sons, England...? ...probably, according to the kind of printing at the better pieces with a clear line drawing, but not believable for stamps with lesser print quality)
Printing technique Two-colors recess printing
Circulation ?
Perforation Comb perforation, K 13½ (= perforation of the depicted stamp, but according to the catalogues also K 12 : 14, K 14; K 14 : 15, K 15 : 14 possible)
MICHEL Nr. Guatemala, No. 112
SCOTT Nr. Guatemala, No. 115

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