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Condor on Globe, dark olive green.

Ufrucle catalogue code: BOL21867061101ST001N1


Catalogue code explanation
Categories	Codes	Particulars
Country:	BOL	Bolivia
Period:	2	Bolivia >1867
Date:	18670611	6/11/1867
Issue number:	01	Issue number 1 on this day
Item type:	ST	Stamp
Serial no.:	001	Stamp number 1 of this issue
Extension:	N1	N New
General information
Categories	Particulars
Issue motive:	First Condor Issue 5cts dark olive green (1/3) Original 48-stamp plate - 1st State
Issue theme:
Issue url:
Item description:	Condor on Globe, dark olive green.
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Keywords:	Condor,
Face value:	5, CENTAVOS
Shape:	Rectangle

Uses of stamps
Categories	Codes	Particulars
Groups of users:	A	(A) General Public
Postal functions:	A	(A) Postage
Items for delivery:	A	(A) All items
Means of delivery:	A	(A) Regular
Ways of delivery:	A	(A) Normal

Technical information
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Size mm (Hor x Vert):	x
Separation:	Im-perforation	0

Further details
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Issue details:	The first official Bolivian stamp, a green 5 centavos denomination featuring a Condor standing on the Globe, was issued on June 11th, 1867. Although the engraver, Mr. Ramon Estruch, had only finished at that time the first 48 stamps of a 72 stamps copper plate, the Bolivian Government wanted the first stamps to be issued. In the following days the engraver increased the plate to 60 stamps first, then 65, thereafter 67, until finally the government allowed him to finish the plate with its entire 72 positions. A total of 4 re-engravings and at least 4 retouches of the plate were made later in 1867. Shown here are the 11 distinguishable States of this Condor plate. The differences between the original plate states 1 to 5 (with 48, 60, 65, 67 and 72 stamps respectively) can best be appreciated by comparing paper thickness, color and plate wear. For the re-engraved and retouched states 6 to 11, it is best to watch the changes on the same position of each of them, for example position 7, featured here (only the 48-stamp plate features position 34). The green 5 centavos is the 1st part (1/3) of a serial issue of 3 condor stamps issued during 1867. On December 2, 1867, a Second Condor Issue of 4 different denominations was released. The Condor issues were meant for both 'correos' and 'contratos', postage and revenue. Most of them were used as fiscal stamps rather than postal stamps.
Technical details:	Original Plate, 1st State, 48 Stamps Plate.
Item details:	Position 34 of the original 48 Stamp Plate. Well defined impression and heavy, dark, bronze, blackish green color. Thick paper. The 1st State Stamps are very rare, only single stamps are known.