Chile: Varieties and Types of Postage Stamps

1881/94. Definitive issue: Columbus.

DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN ISSUES
1 centavo
Type I	Type II	Type I (1881): ornaments above letters E and V of CENTAVO. Type II (1894): without the ornaments.
2 centavos
Type I	Type II	Type I (1881): ornaments above letters E and V of CENTAVOS, the head of the numeral 2 formed as ball. Type II (1894): without the ornaments, the head of the numeral 2 formed by a curved line.

1900/01. Definitive issue: Columbus.

DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN ISSUES
1, 2, 5, and 10 centavos
Type I	Type II	Type I (1900): heavy shading below CHILE and ornaments in form of horizontal lines and light shading above head. Type II (1901): background below CHILE evenly shaded by horizontal and vertical lines.

DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN ISSUES

1, 2, 5, and 10 centavos

Chile Columbus postage stamp 1900 type 1

Type I

Chile Columbus postage stamp 1901 type 2

Type II

Type I (1900):

heavy shading below CHILE and ornaments in form of horizontal lines and light shading above head.

Type II (1901):

background below CHILE evenly shaded by horizontal and vertical lines.

1904. Provisional issue: telegraph stamps overprinted or surcharged.

TYPES OF BASIC STAMPS
Coat of arms
Type I	Type II	Type I: animal at left has neither mane nor tail. Values: 2, 5, 10 centavos. Type II: animal at left has mane and tail. Values: 2, 5, 10 centavos, 3 centavos on 1 pesos, 3 centavos on 5 centavos.

TYPES OF BASIC STAMPS

Coat of arms

Type I

Type II

Type I:

animal at left has neither mane nor tail.

Values: 2, 5, 10 centavos.
Type II:

animal at left has mane and tail.

Values: 2, 5, 10 centavos, 3 centavos on 1 pesos, 3 centavos on 5 centavos.

1911/30. Definitive issues: Famous Men.

DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN ISSUES
1 centavo (Christopher Columbus)
Type I	Type III	Type I (1911): line engraving, outer frame engraved by horizontal and diagonal lines,, perforation line 12. Type II (1915): letterpress (impression blurry) outer frame engraved by horizontal lines, perforations 13½x14, 13½, 14. Type III (1920): letterpress (impression clear), outer frame engraved by horizontal lines, perforations 13½x14, 13½, 14.
2 centavos (Pedro de Valdivia)
Type I	Type II	Type I (1911): line engraving, outer frame engraved by horizontal and diagonal lines, perforation line 12. Type II (1915): letterpress, outer frame engraved by horizontal lines, impression of bust unclear, rose red color, perforation 13½x14, 13½, 14. Type III (1918): letterpress, outer frame engraved by horizontal lines, impression of bust clear, orange red color, perforations 13½x14, 13½, 14.
Type III
4 centavos (Christopher Columbus)
Type I	Type II	Type I (1916): large head. Type II (1918): small head.
5 centavos (Thomas Cochrane)
Type I	Type III	Type I (1916): inscription CHILE CORREOS, unwatermarked white paper. Type II (1928): inscription CHILE CORREOS, watermarked paper. Type III (1928): inscription CORREOS DE CHILE, watermarked paper.
8 centavos (Ramón Freire)
Type I	Type II	Type I (1916): lines above head, inner circles of numerals 8 round. Type II (1918): dots above head, inner circles of numerals 8 oval.
10 centavos (Bernardo O’Higgins)
Type I	Type II	A. CHILE CORREOS Type I (1912): line engraving, outer frame engraved by horizontal and diagonal lines, perforation line 12. Type II (1916): frame printed in offset, portrait in line engraving, perforations 13½x14, 13½, 14. Type III (1917): frame printed in letterpress, portrait in offset, perforations 13½x14, 13½, 14. Type IV (1917): frame printed in letterpress, portrait in line engraving, perforations 13½x14, 13½, 14. B. CORREOS DE CHILE Type V (1928): frame printed in offset, portrait in lithography, perforation 13½x14. Type VI (1929): top of head not touching top frame, watermarked paper, perforation 13½x14¼. Type VII (1929): top of head touching top frame, watermarked paper, perforation 13½x14¼.
Type III	Type IV
Type V	Type VI
Type VII
15 centavos (José Joaquín Prieto)
Type I	Type II	Type I (1911): line engraving, perforation line 12. Type II (1917): frame printed in offset, portrait in line engraving, perforations 13½x14, 13½, 14. Type III (1929): inscription CORREOS DE CHILE, portrait clear. Type IV (1929): inscription CORREOS DE CHILE, portrait blurry.
Type III	Type IV
20 centavos (Manuel Bulnes)
Type I	Type II	Type I (1911): line engraving, perforation line 12. Type II (1916): frame printed in offset, portrait in line engraving, perforations 13½x14, 13½, 14. Type III (1928): inscription CORREOS DE CHILE, watermarked paper, portrait dark. Type IV (1930): inscription CORREOS DE CHILE, watermarked paper, portrait clear.
Type III	Type IV
25 centavos (Manuel Montt)
	Type II	Type I (1911): line engraving, outer frame engraved by horizontal and diagonal lines, perforation line 12. Type II (1918): frame printed in offset, portrait in line engraving, outer frame engraved by horizontal lines, perforations 13½x14, 13½, 14.
30 centavos (José Joaquín Pérez)
Type I	Type II	Type I (1911): line engraving, perforation line 12. Type II (1916): frame printed in offset, portrait in line engraving, perforations 13½x14, 13½, 14. Type II (1929): inscription CORREOS DE CHILE, watermarked paper.
Type III
40 centavos (Manuel Rengifo)
Type I	Type II	Type I (1921): unwatermarked paper, perforations 13½x14, 13½, 14. Type II (1929): watermarked paper, perforations 13½x14.
50 centavos (Federico Errázuriz Zañartu)
Type II	Type III	Type I (1911): line engraving, outer frame engraved by horizontal and diagonal lines, perforation line 12. Type II (1916): frame printed in offset, portrait in line engraving, outer frame engraved by horizontal lines, perforations 13½x14, 13½, 14. Type II (1929): inscription CORREOS DE CHILE, watermarked paper.
1 peso (Aníbal Pinto)
Type I	Type II	Type I (1911): line engraving, outer frame engraved by horizontal and diagonal lines, perforation line 12. Type II (1918): frame printed in offset, portrait in line engraving, outer frame engraved by horizontal lines, perforations 13½x14, 13½, 14. Type II (1929/32): frame printed in offset, portrait in line engraving, outer frame engraved by horizontal lines, watermarked paper perforation 13½x14.
Type III
2 pesos (Domingo Santa María)
Type II	Type III	Type I (1911): line engraving, perforation line 12. Type II (1918): frame printed in offset, portrait in line engraving, perforations 13½x14, 13½, 14. Type II (1934): frame printed in offset, portrait in line engraving, watermarked paper, perforation 13½x14.
5 pesos (José Manuel Balmaceda)
	Type II	Type I (1911): line engraving, perforation line 12. Type II (1921): frame printed in offset, portrait in line engraving, perforations 13½x14, 13½, 14. Type II (1934): frame printed in offset, portrait in line engraving, watermarked paper, perforation 13½x14.

6 December 1948. At the occasion of the 100th year anniversary of the publication of Claudio Gay’s work on fauna and flora, 3 sets of 25 stamps were emitted by the Chilean post. Each set has 25 stamps, and were issued in blue (60 centavos), green (2.60 pesos) and red (3 pesos airmail). Sheets consisted of 4 blocks of 25 stamps.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
60 cts (Traro – Caracara vulgaris)
I	Broken line under Cts.
	Field №: 15, 30	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: enlarged area.
	Value €: –
2.60$ (Torcaza – Columba araucana)
I	The subtext ‘Santiago’ is damaged.
	Field №: 3, 8	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: enlarged area.
	Value €: –
2.60$ (Araucaria imericata)
I	The frame in the right bottom corner is broken.
	Field №: 2, 7	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: enlarged area.
	Value €: –
2.60$ (Boisduvalia tocornalii)
I	Broken frame line on the left.
	Field №: 5, 10	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: –
	Value €: –
2.60$ (Loxodon chilensis)
I	Ornament in right border is incomplete (dark spot).
	Field №: 81, 86	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: –
	Value €: –
2.60$ (Palinurus frontalis)
I	R of ‘Frontalis’ in subtext is retouched.
	Field №: 84, 89	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: another example.
	Value €: –
3$ (Conger chilensis)
I	Thin red line through L of Chile in right bottom corner subtext
	Field №: 45, 50	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: enlarged area.
	Value €: –
II	Red dots in the water, in front of ‘Conger’
	Field №: 50	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: enlarged area.
	Value €: –

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