SPANISH PHILIPPINES - 1 REAL ISSUE OF JANUARY 1856, USED WITH RARE "CAVITE, LUZON" CDS

1 REAL ISSUE OF JANUARY 1856

(Philippines Scott #8; Edifil #6a) USED WITH RARE "CAVITE, LUZON" CDS

VERY SCARCE CANCEL!

As the 1 real and 2 reales stamps of January 1856 were in simultaneous use in the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Cuba, the only way to confirm that the stamps were actually used in the Philippines is to obtain used copies showing an identifiable postmark linking them to the Philippines. 

This stamp displays a portion of the very scarce "CAVITE, LUZON" town cancellation, shown below:

Applied as departure cancellations in Cavite, this cancel is only known to exist on the 1-real value, applied directly on the stamp (at least one cover with this cancel is known to exist). 

A very scarce cancel!

(Special Thanks to Nigel Gooding and his website, "SPANISH-PHILIPPINES PHILATELIC SITE", at http://nigelgooding.co.uk/ . 

Please visit his website to learn more about these beautiful and scarce Spanish Philippine stamps!)