VENEZUELA

VENEZUELA “Little Venice”

 

Revised November 8, 2018

 

Dr. Santiago Hernández Ron, Estampillas Clásicas de Venezuela; Orígenes de las Dos Primeras Emisiones de las Estampillas de Correo de Venezuela; Orígenes de las Dos Primeras Emisiones de las Estampillas “Escuelas” de Venezuela

Williams Castillo, Conoce las estampillas, Escuelas 1871-1880

Manuel Tizón, Jorge Guinovart, Prefilatelia Espanola : estudio de las marcas postales de España y sus Dominios de Indias. Siglos XVIII y XIX

Juan José Valera, Catalogo especializado de las estampillas de Venezuela.

Cornelius Wendell Wickersham, The Early Stamps of Venezuela.

 

International Bureau of the American Republics, Commercial Directory of the American Republics, : Comprising the Manufacturers, Merchants, Shippers, and Banks and Bankers Engaged in Foreign Trade…1898. Helpful in finding names on stamps used fiscally.

 

Expert, Pedro A. Meri González, President,

Asociación Filatélica de Caracas (ASOFILCA).

Dr.Knut Heister  https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/9205107/venezuela-investphila/5

 

Á á É é Í í Ó ó Ú ú Ü ü Ñ ñ

 

Altagracia (Altagracia de Orituco?) 9n51 66w23

Barcelona 10n08 64w40

Barquisimeto 10n04 69w19

Baúl (El Baúl, Cojedes) 8n58 68w18 manuscript

Bejuma 10n11 68w15

Boconó 9n41 70w45 pen strokes

Cagua 10n11 67w27 manuscript

Calabozo 8n56 67w26 six-pointed star

Camaguán 8n07 67w36

Capaya 10n26 66w16

Capatárida 11n10 70w37 bisects

Caracas 10n30 66w56

Caracas Libre de Porte

Carora 10n11 70w05

Carúpano 10n40 63w14 seen in manuscript

Caripto 10n07 63w06

Choroní 10n30 67w37

Ciudad Bolivar “Sunburst” cancel 8n08 63w33

Coro 11n25 69w40 pre-philatelic 6-ring circle marking with name in center.

Cumaná 10n28 64w10 seen in manuscript

El Callao 7n21 61w50

El Cojo 10n37 66w53

El Consejo 10n15 67w15 “C” and “Consejo” in manuscript,

El Sombrero 9n23 67w03

Escuque 9n18 70w40 three types of manuscript or “X”

Guacara 10n15 67w54

Guanare 9n03 69w45

Guasipati 7n28 61w54

Guerote? see below

Higuerote (Higuerota) 10n00 66w32 bisects

La Ceiba 9n28 71w03 seen in manuscript

La Grita 8n08 71w59

La Guaira 10n36 66w56 circle of dots, square of rectangles

Las Delicias 10n39 71w38

Macuto 10n36 66w52

Maiquetia 10n36 66w57

Maquigua 11n51 69w51

Maracai (Maracay) 10n14 67w35 beware

Maracaibo 10n40 71w37

Maturín 9n45 63w11 typeset

Mene de Mauroa 10n43 71w01

Mérida 6n36 71w09 straight line and target

Motatán 9n23 70w35

Nirgua 10n09 68w34

Niragunta bogus

Ocumare (Ocumare del Tuy) 10n07 66w46 manuscript

Parapara 9n44 67w18

Petare 10n29 66w49

Puerto Cabello 10n28 68w01

Río Chico 10n19 65w59

San Carlos 9n39 68w35 seen in manuscript

San Casimiro 10n00 67w01

San Cristóbal 7n46 72w14

San Felipe 10n20 68w44 typeset

San Fernando de Atabapo 40n03 67w42 bisects

San Joaquín 10n16 67w48

San Mateo 9n45 64w33

San Pedro 8n50 71w58 manuscript

Santa Lucía 8n07 69w46

Sarría 10n31 66w54

Táriba 7n49 72w13 straight line

Tinaco 9n42 68w26

Tinaquillo 9n55 68w18

Tocuyo 9n47 69w47 manuscript

Tovar 8n20 71w46 forgeries

Trujillo 9n22 70w26

Turmero 10n13 67w28

Turmeremo 7n18 61w30

Upata 8n10 62w24

V. S. Le Guaira forgeries

Valencia 10n11 68w00

Válera 9n19 70w36 manuscript

Victoria (La Victoria) 10n13 67w20 seen 1887

Villa de Cura 10n02 67w29

Villa… seen in manuscript

Yaritagua 10n05 69w08 forgery/cto?

Zaraza 9n20 65w19

…soquara

…randa

DB

twig with leaves

 

NUMERAL CANCELS -  Instructional markings

Certificado (Certifdo)

Debe – to pay

Franca, Franco - paid

  

0  initial tariff for 50-120 leagues of distance. Also called weight marks or ratemarks.

1

1 1/4

1 1/2

1 3/4

2

2 1/4

3

3 3/4

4

4 1/4

5

6

7

8

9

 

MANUSCRIPT NUMBERS

written date circa 1869

 

 

MARITIME

Westindien P. Hamburg Dampfer, über Cöln

Compagnie Générale Transatlantique Saint-Domingue

Venezuela/Lig. A. Paq. Fr. No. 1

La Guayra/ Paq. Fr. D. No. 2

 

PRESTAMP MARKINGS

 

https://corinphila.ch/en/_auctions/&action=showLots&auctionID=7&catalogPart=50&country=6640&show_all_lots=1

 

Townstamp with two sets of three concentric circles called Páez. The outer circles may  have been later removed.

 

Achuaguas 7n46 68w14

Alb…Albarico?

Angostura (Angtura, Ciudad Bolívar) 8n07 63w33

Aragua (Maracay) 10n15 67w36

Aragua de Barcelona 9n27 64w50

Araure 9n43 69w13

Bailadores (Bailadres) 8n36 71w09

Barcelona (Barcna, Nueva Barcelona) 10n07 64w43

Barinas 8n38 70w12

Barquismeto (Barqto) 10n04 69w20

Cabudare 10n02 69w16

Cagua 10n11 67w27

Calabozo 8n56 67w26

Capaya 10n26 66w16

Carácas 10n29 66w54

Carora 10n34 70w16

Carúpano 10n40 63w14

Caucagua 10n17 66w23

Chaguaramal (Zaraza) 9n04 65w24

Chaguaramas (Chagmas) 8n39 62w47

Colombia

Coro 11n25 69w40

Choroní 10n30 67w37

Cumaná 10n27 64w10

Cumarebo (Puerto Cumarebo) 11n29 69w21

Cura (Villa de Cura) see below

Curiepe 10n28 66w10

El Baúl (Baúl, Cojedes) 8n58 68w18

El Pao 9n38 68w08

Guanare 9n03 69w45

Guanarito 8n42 69w12

Guarenas 10n28 66w37

Guatire 10n29 66w33

Güigüe 10n05 67w47

Güiria 10n34 62w18

Higuerote (Higuerota) 10n00 66w32

La Grita 8n08 71w59

La Guayra (Gvayra, Guayra, La Guaira) 10n36 66w56

La Vela (La Vela de Coro) 11n28 69w34

Lobatera 7n56 72w15

Maiquetía 10n36 66w59

Maracai. ?

Maracal?

Maracaybo (Melo?, Maracbo, Maracaibo) 10n38 71w38

Maracay (Mracay, Maracai?) 10n15 67w36

Margarita (Margta, La Asunción) 11n02 63w52   island

Maturín 9n45 63w11

Mérida 8n36 71w09

Nirgua 10n09 68w34

Montalbán 10n11 68w20?

Nutrias 8n06 69w18

Obispos 8n36 70w06

Ocumare del Tuy (Ocumare) 10n07 66w47

Ocumare de la Costa 10n26 67w44

Ortiz 9n37 67w17

Orituco

Ospino 9n18 69w27

Quíbor 9n56 69w37

Pao (El Pao de Zárate) 10n08 67w16

Pedraza 8n21 70w34

Petare 10n29 66w49

Píritu (Puerto Píritu?) 10n04 65w03

Puerto Cabello 10n28 68e01

Río Caribe 10n42 63w07

Río Chico 10n20 65w58

San Carlos 9n39 68w35

San Cristóbal 7n46 72w14

San Felipe el Fuerte (S.F.F.) 10n20 68w44

San Fernando de Apure (S. Ferndo) 7n54 67w28

San Sebastián 9n56 67w10

Soledad 8n10 63w34

Sombrero (El Sombrero) 9n23 67w04

Táchira (San Antonio del Táchira) 7n49 72w27

Táchira (San Cristóbal) 7n46 72w14 fancy bird on a branch. (leaves on a branch?)

Tinaco 9n42 68w26

Tocuyo (El Tocuyo) 9n47 69w48

Tovar

Trujillo 9n22 70w26

Turmero 10n14 67w28

Upata 8n10 62w24

Urachiche

Valencia 10n11 68w00

Valera 9n19 70w36

Victoria (La Victoria) 10n14 67w20

Villa de Cura 10n02 67w29

Yaritagua

 

 

 

 

WIKIWAND

This is a list of current cities and towns that might help identify postmarks. Of course, towns come and go and names change.                                    

 

Acarigua 9n33 69w12                                               

Achaguas                                                       

Altagracia de Orituco                                                

Anaco                                                 

Aragua de Barcelona  

Araure                                                

Araya                                                 

Arichuna                                                        

Arismendi                                                      

Bailadores                                          

Barbacoas                                                       

Barcelona                                                       

Barinas                                                           

Barquisimeto - Nueva Segovia de Barquisimeto                                           

Bejuma                                                           

Biruaca                                                           

Boconó                                                           

Bruzual                                                           

Cabimas                                                         

Cabudare                                            

Cagua                                                 

Caicara del Orinoco                           

Caigua                                                

Calabozo                                                        

Camatagua                                                     

Cantaura                                                         

Caracas - Santiago de León de Caracas                                 

Caripe                                                 

Caripito                                                          

Carora                                                

Carúpano                                                        

Casanay                                                          

Catia La Mar                                      

Chaguaramas                                      

Charallave                                                      

Chivacoa                                                        

Ciudad Bolívar                                               

Ciudad Guayana                                                        

Ciudad Ojeda                                                 

Ciudad Sucre                                                 

Clarines                                                          

Cojedes                                                          

Colón                                                 

Colonia Tovar                                                

Coro                                                   

Cúa                                                     

Cumaná (Puerto Sucre)                                              

Cúpira                                    

Curiapo                                                          

Dabajuro                                            

Ejido                                                  

El Amparo                                                      

El Callao                                                        

El Chaparro                                                    

El Consejo                                                      

El Dorado                                          

El Limón                                                        

El Pao                                                 

El Paují                                               

El Socorro                                                      

El Tigre                                                          

El Tocuyo                                                       

El Vigía                                                          

Elorza                                                 

Guacara                                                          

Guachara                                                        

Guama                                                

Guanare                                              

Guanta                                               

Guarenas                                                        

Guasdualito                                                    

Guasipati                                            

Guatire            10n29 66w33                                    

Guayabal                                                        

Güigüe                                               

Higuerote                                                       

Iboriwo                                              

Isla Ratón                                                       

Juan Griego                                        

Kavanayén                                         

La Asunción                                       

La Esmeralda                                                 

La Fría                                                

La Grita                                                          

La Guaira                                           

La Quebrada                                                  

La Victoria                                                     

La Villa del Rosario                                                   

Lechería                                                         

Los Guayos                                                    

Los Teques                                                     

Machiques                              

Maiquetia                                                       

Mamporal                                                       

Mantecal                                                        

Mapire                                                

Maracaibo      

Maracay                                                         

Mariara                                                           

Marigüitar                                          

Maripa                                    

Maroa                                                 

Maturín                                                          

Mérida                                    

Michelena                                                       

Monte Carmelo                                                          

Morón                                                

Mucuchíes                                          

Naguanagua                                                   

Ocumare de la Costa                                                  

Ocumare del Tuy                                                       

Onoto                                                 

Ortiz                           

Ospino                                                

Palmira                                                           

Palo Negro                                                     

Pampatar                                            

Paraitepuy de Roraima                                                           

Pariguán                                                         

Pedernales                                                      

Porlamar                                 

Pregonero                                                       

Puerto Ayacucho                                                       

Puerto Cabello                                               

Puerto La Cruz                                                           

Puerto Páez                                                    

Puerto Píritu 10n04 65w03                                                    

Punta de Mata                                                

Punto Fijo                               

Queniquea                                                      

Quíbor                                                

Río Caribe                                                      

Río Chico                                                       

Sabaneta                                                         

San Antonio de Los Altos                                                     

San Antonio del Táchira                                            

San Carlos                                                      

San Carlos de Río Negro                                                       

San Carlos del Zulia                           

San Casimiro                                                  

San Cristóbal                                                  

San Diego                                                      

San Felipe                                                                                                      

San Fernando de Atabapo                                                     

San Francisco de Yare                                                           

San Francisco de Yuruaní                                                      

San Joaquín                                                    

San José de Barlovento                                              

San José de Guanipa                                                  

San Juan de Los Morros                                                        

San Juan de Manapiare                                                          

San Juan de Payara                                                    

San Mateo                                                      

San Mateo                                                      

San Miguel

San Pedro 8n50 71w58                                                          

San Rafael de Kamoirán                                            

San Rafael del Moján                                                

San Sebastián                                                 

San Tomé                                                       

Sanare                                                

Santa Ana                                                      

Santa Ana del Táchira                                                

Santa Cruz                                                     

Santa Elena de Uairén                                                

Santa Lucía                                                    

Santa Teresa del Tuy de Maturín                                                       

Sarare                                                 

Sinamaica                                           

Soledad 8n10 63w34                                                 

Táriba                                                 

Tinaco                                                

Tinaquillo                                                       

Tocuyito                                                         

Trujillo                                                            

Tucacas                                                         

Tucupita                                                         

Turmero                                                          

Upata                                     

Urica                                                  

Urumaco                                                        

Valencia - Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Nueva Valencia del Rey       

Valera                                                 

Valle de Guanape                                                      

Valle de la Pascua                                                      

Vidoño                                                           

Wönken                                              

Yaritagua                                                       

Zaraza                                                

Zuata

 

Islas de Barlovento (Leeward Islands)