Jose Joaquin Olmedo (Ecuador 1902)

01 January (Ecuador ) within release Guayaquil Fire Disaster Issue goes into circulation Stamp Jose Joaquin Olmedo face value 1 Ecuadorian centavo

Stamp Jose Joaquin Olmedo in catalogues
Michel:	Mi: EC 143

Stamp is square format.

1 SUCRE. Perforation varies from 12.5 to 16. Handstamped either in black, blue, green,red or violet on 1901 serie with various motives (depending of issuing department). Shown, as front picture, one of the five known types of the Tunguragua province control mark (DE). Type #1 (shown): Heavy ‘DE’ about 7 mm x 7 mm found in Black on all the 1901 issues. Type #2: heavy ‘DE’ about 10 mm x 7 mm with a narrow ‘D’ found in Black on all the 1901 issues and in Violet on Scott #140 thru #143. Type #3: heavy ‘DE’ about 9 x 9 mm with a wide ‘D’ found in Violet on all the 1901 issues and in Black on Scott #145 & #150. Type #4: light ‘DE’, 5 mm x 3 mm with a narrow ‘D’ found in Black on 1901 issues. Type #5: light ‘DE’, 6 mm x 4 mm with a wide ‘D’ found in Black on all the 1901 issues. All of these Styles can be found on the 1901-1902 Revenue stamps. The back image shows on the left one of the three known control marks used by the Quito-Guayaquil Railroad. Type #1: a 6.3mm star in Red, on all the 1901 issues. Olama lists it in Blue & Red on all the 1901 issues. Harris lists it as Red & Violet on all the 1901 issues and Fernandez lists it Red on all the 1901 issues and in Green-Blue on Scott #145, #149 & #150. Type #2: a “C’ with radiating lines on both sides and is found in Red & Violet on all the 1901 issues. Harris also lists this style in Blue on Scott #145 thru #149. Type #3 (shown): “Contramarca’ and is listed in Red & Black by Harris & Fernandez on all the 1901 issues, but Olama only lists it in Red. On the right, a Pichincha province control mark: "Jul 29 1902" printed in Black on all of the 1901 issues. Harris also lists it in Viole.

Also in the issue Guayaquil Fire Disaster Issue:

• Stamp - Santa Cruz y Espejo face value 20;
• Stamp - Pedro Carbo face value 50;
• Stamp - Jose Joaquin Olmedo face value 1;
• Stamp - J. Montalvo face value 5;
• Stamp - Pedro Carbo face value 1;
• Stamp - Pedro Carbo face value 50;
• Stamp - Abdon Calderon face value 2;
• Stamp - Luis Vargas Torres face value 1;
• Stamp - Eugenio Espejo face value 20;
• Stamp - Juan Montalvo face value 5;
• Stamp - Pedro Moncayo face value 5;
• Stamp - José Mejia Lequerica face value 10;
• Stamp - Jose Mejia face value 10;