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Postage stamps, booklets, flight, censored and maritime mail and philatelic covers of Cuba for sale.
Cuba has much to offer the postal history collector as pre stamp covers with village and town postmarks are not uncommon and cheap in comparison with British West Indies.
Website of the Cuban
Philatelic Society of America: http://www.philat.com/cpsa/
The Society publishes two English-Spanish journals.
"The Cuban Philatelist" serves as the literary
journal of the Society, while "El Boletin" is
dedicated to philatelic auctions and Society news,
announcements, and advertisements.
A bibliography of books on Cuba philately can be found at the end of these listings.
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1860 EL from Havana to New York with fine circular 'STEAMSHIP 20' h/s. Attractive printed letterhead of chemist's shop in Havana. £8
1860 EL with 1857 ½r blue with 4 margins tied by lozenge obliterator, addressed to Mamanillo with blue cds. Clean. £36
1861 EL from Mantanzas to Havana with 1857 ½r blue with 4 margins tied by lozenge obliterator. 'Habana 1 27 Abr 61' double circle cds on reverse. Clean. £36
1911 p.p.c. to U.S.A. with 1c tied by good 'HO---UN CHAPARRA AMBULANTE' duplex. Creasing. £24
1948 F/S size air mail CRASH cover to U.S.A. with 8c pair tied by Habana m/c. Carried on flight from Miami - Newark which crash landed in Boston. (AAMC 48.2) Envelope charred around edges. £50
Reference Works in English dealing with Cuba (Courtesy of Bill Matthews):
"Annotated
Bibliography of Cuban Philatelic Literature"
Pacific 97 edition, by Ernesto
Cuesta, 1997.
This bibliography contains over 2500 citations of
articles, journals, and books that deal with Cuban
philately totally or partially, but excludes trivial
references such as modern new issue announcements.
It is written only in English. A free web
version of the work is maintained by Mr. Cuesta and may
be found at http://www.philat.com/biblio/
"Cuba Catalogo de las
Oficinas Postales / Catalog of Post Offices 1765 -
1960", 2nd edition, 1995, by Pedro M. Rodriguez,
130 pages, hardcover, written in Spanish and English
"Puerto - Principe / An
Interesting Issue of Stamps in Cuba", modern
reprint, undated, J. M. Andreini, 58 pages, soft cover
Combination booklet (modern
reprint), "The Stamps of the Spanish West Indies,
1855-1876", L. Hanciau, and "The Stamps of
Spain and Cuba, April 1855 to February 1860" by E.
W. Wetherell, soft cover
"Handbook of Cuba, Part
I: The Spanish Dominion" 1982, William McP. Jones
and R. J. Roy, Jr, 88 pages and plates, loose-leaf
"Handbook of Cuba, Part
II: The U.S. Administration" 1984, William
McP. Jones and R. J. Roy, Jr., 44 pages, loose-leaf
"Handbook of Cuba, Part
III: The Republic, 1902-1961". Part III includes
the Appendix: Locator charts for the 1917 Definitive
Issues, Special Delivery, International and National Air
Mail Issues. (Locator charts are folded.), William McP.
Jones and R. J. Roy, Jr., loose-leaf
"Specialized
Catalog-Handbook of the Revenue Stamps of Cuba",
2nd edition, 1998, William McP. Jones and Pedro M.
Rodriguez, 176 pages, hardcover
"A Caribbean Neptune:
The Maritime Postal Communications of the Greater and
Lesser Antilles in the 19th Century", 1993, Robert
G. Stone, 357 pages, hardcover. [This work
does not deal exclusively with Cuba, but includes
material related to mail service involving St. Thomas
and Puerto Rico during the period.]
"Philatelic Gems",
Volume 4, published by Amos Press, 1989, pp
32-33, "For Exposition Only: Cuba 1899 10c-on-10c
Special Printing"
"Philatelic Gems",
Volume 5, published by Amos Press, 1991, pp
36-38, "Cuba: 1898 Puerto Principe provisionals"
"Cinderella
Stamps", L. N. and M. Williams, 1970, pp 101-103,
"Republic of Cuba Revolutionary Stamps"
American Philatelic Congress
volumes
1943 "Congress
Book" - vol 9 - pp 56-63, "Cuba and the
Centennial of the Pan American Postage Stamp"
Ernesto Bello et al
1947 "Congress
Book" - vol 13 - pp 108-110, "Special Delivery
Error in the U.S. Issue for Cuba", George B. Sloane
1972 "Congress
Book" - vol 38 - pp 87-93, "Cuba to New York
1852-1877", Everett C. Erle
1981 "Congress
Book" - vol 47 - pp 67-72, "The 22 Cent
Rate from Cuba to France under the U.S.-French
Convention of 1857", Theron Wierenga
1987 "Congress
Book" - vol 53 - pp 61-82, "19th Century U.S. Stamps Used From the Caribbean-Latin American
Areas", Robert G. Stone (article not limited to
just Cuba)
Billig's Philatelic
Handbooks, volume 5, 1945, pp 179-194, "Cuba:
Illustrations of Forgeries and Originals", R. B.
Preston
Billig's Philatelic
Handbooks, volume 5, 1945, p 195, "Cuba:
Revenues"
Billig's Philatelic
Handbooks, volume 6, 1946, pp 127-134, "Antilles
Issues used in Puerto Rico" [stamps generally
listed under Cuba - identifies by cancellation those not
used in Cuba but in Puerto Rico instead.]
Billig's Philatelic
Handbooks, volume 12, 1950, p 75, "Cuba -
Forged Cancellations by Fournier"
Billig's Philatelic
Handbooks, volume 14, 1951, pp 178-198, "Cuba
- Album Weeds" (Forgeries) (reprint of a
segment of Earee's earlier work)
Billig's Philatelic
Handbooks, volume 23, 1956, p 43, "Rocket Mail -
Cuba"
Billig's Philatelic
Handbooks, volume 27, 1959, pp 80-81, "Cuban
Rocketpost Experiments", Dr. Max Kronstein
Billig's Philatelic
Handbooks, volume 30, 1964, pp 189-191, "Cuba -
Phantom Stamps", L. N. and M. Williams
Counterfeits
"Opinions III",
published by the Philatelic Foundation, 1985, pp
104-108, "A Painful Discovery / Cuban Overprints
and Surcharges", Peter A. Robertson
"Opinions IV",
published by the Philatelic Foundation, 1987, pp
161-165, "Correcting An Old Opinion / The Cuba '
Y4/1' Error", Peter A. Robertson
"Opinions V",
published by the Philatelic Foundation, 1988, pp
186-191"The Cuba - St. Thomas - Buenos Aires Mails,
1871-1875", Victor E. Engstrom
"Opinions VI",
published by the Philatelic Foundation, 1992, pp
115-116, "Oh! The Need for References! An
Unusual Variety of the 'Y1/4' 1855 Overprints of
Cuba", Dr. Roberto M. Rosende
"Opinions VI",
published by the Philatelic Foundation, 1992, pp
117-120, "The Cuba to Germany Connection / A Cuba
to Saxony Cover with a Rare Bremen Arrival
Marking", Dr. Roberto M. Rosande
"The Serrane Guide -
Stamp Forgeries of the World to 1926", Fernand
Serrane, published by the American Philatelic Society,
1998, pp 51-52; "Cuba" - issues of 1873
through 1899
"Focus on
Forgeries", Varro E. Tyler, published by Linn's
Stamp News, 1993, pp 30-31