The history of Honduras postal and postage stamps covers the development of postal services in Honduras , an independent (since September 15, 1821) state in Central America with the capital in Tegucigalpa . Since 1866, the Republic of Honduras has been issuing its own postage stamps [1] [2] and since 1879 it has been one of the countries participating in the Universal Postal Union (UPU) [3] . The national postal operator is [3] [4] .
 Republic of Honduras | |
|---|---|
| Spanish República de Honduras | |
 Mark of Honduras with a portrait of F. Morasan (1878), manufactured by ( Mi # 16) | |
| Mail History | |
| UPU member | from April 1, 1879 |
| Money system | |
| 1866-1890 | 1 peso = 8 reais or 100 centavos |
| 1890-1933 | 1 peso = 100 centavos |
| since 1933 | 1 lempira = 100 centavos |
| Post office | Aeropuerto Toncontin, Edificio del Centro de Clasificación Postal, Frente a City Mall, Tegucigalpa MDC, Honduras, CA |
| Mail site | honducor.gob.hn |
| First postage stamps | |
| Standard | January 1, 1866 |
| Commemorative | 1892 |
| Office | 1890 |
| Express delivery | 1956 |
| Airmail | 1925 |
| Other | postal tax - 1941 |
| Post block | 1940 |
| Philately | |
| WNS Member | not involved |
| FIP member from country | Philatelic Federation of the Republic of Honduras |
| Society Office | Federación Filatélica de la República de Honduras, Apartado Postal 1465, Tegucigalpa, DC, Honduras |
Mail Development
The history of the post in Honduras was originally associated with the Spanish colony that existed here (1525-1821) [1] [5] , and then with the inclusion of these lands in the United Provinces of Central America [5] .
A letter of the home-made period , sent around 1810 from Tegucigalpa to Guatemala , with postal notes : oval postmark “Tegucigalpa” , stamp “Viva F VII” (“Long live Ferdinand VII ”) and the number “4” (for the postal rate ) |
The organization of an independent postal service began after the proclamation of an independent republic in 1839 [2] .
In 1877, new efforts were made to organize the postal service in Honduras [5] . The country joined the UPU on April 1, 1879 [3] [5] .
Since 1926, Honduras has been a member of the Postal Union of American States, Spain and Portugal ( UPAEP ) [4] . On October 1, 1937, Spain entered into circulation an American- Spanish return coupon ( Cupón-respuesta americoespañol ). It was distributed in the countries of this postal union , including Honduras, until February 29, 1956 [6] .
In modern Honduras, the postal service is provided by 3] [4] ( Empresa de Correos de Honduras ) [4] .
Stamp Issues
First Marks
Honduras began issuing its own postage stamps on January 1, 1866 [1] [2] [5] [7] . The national emblem was depicted on the first stamps and the name of the state was indicated [1] : “Correos de Honduras” (“ Post of Honduras”) [2] [5] . However, doubts were expressed that these stamps were received by postal circulation [5] .
Subsequent Issues
In 1877, the stamps of 1866 were overprinted with new denominations . The following year, 1878, a new series of stamps with the inscription "Republica de Honduras" ("Republic of Honduras") [5] was published in Honduras:
Republica de Honduras ( Republic of Honduras ) used on envelopes
Two stamps with a face value of ½ real ( Mi # 17) on an envelope sent in 1889 from Tegucigalpa to Paris
Stamp with face value of 1 real ( Mi # 18) on an envelope sent in 1884 from Tegucigalpa to Worcester ( USA )
At the same time, Honduras became the first state to agree with the notorious New York company on the issue of postage stamps for it, which this company then reprinted in New York for sale to collectors in exchange for the right to issue a new series of stamps annually [5] , as in the illustrations below:
Republica de Honduras ( Republic of Honduras ) and Servicio postal ( Postal Service )
1 Centavo ( Sc # 40)
2 Centavos ( Sc # 41)
5 Centavo ( Sc # 42)
10 Centavos ( Sc # 43)
30 Centavo ( Sc # 46)
40 Centavo ( Sc # 47)
Republica de Honduras ( Republic of Honduras ) and Servicio postal ( Postal Service )
50 Centavos ( Sc # 59)
The same essay in blue
Same green
The same orange
5 pesos ( Sc # 63)
10 pesos ( Sc # 64)
Honduras terminated this contract with Seebeck only in 1895 [5] .
The first commemorative issue was carried out in 1892, and the first postal unit of Honduras was issued in 1940 [1] .
According to L. L. Lepeshinsky [2] , in just the first almost one hundred years, from 1866 to 1963, 554 postage stamps of Honduras were issued , which are characterized by the inscriptions: “Correos de Honduras” (“Post of Honduras”), “Republica de Honduras ” (“ Republic of Honduras ”), “ Servicio postal ” (“ Postal service ”), “ UPU ” (“ Universal Postal Union ”) [2] .
Other Stamps
Airmail
Airmail stamps issued by the Honduran postal office bear the inscription “Correo aéreo” (“ Airmail ”), as well as stamps with the overprint “Aéreo correo” (“ Airmail ”) [2] .
The first airmail stamps came into circulation here in 1925 [1] . In this issue, a 10 centavo stamp with a black overprint “Aero correo 25” (“ Airmail . 25 [centavo]”) is known as “ Black Honduras ”, has only four copies, and is considered the rarest airmail stamp in the world [8] .
For the planned first flight from Honduras to New York in 1929, a series of airmail stamps was pre-printed, which was ultimately used to pay for the delivery of ordinary mail , since the flight did not take place [1] .
Service
Honduras Post since 1890 also issued service stamps , including for airmail [1] [2] . The overprint on such stamps reads: “Oficial (“ Official ”). In the period from 1866 to 1963, 80 service marks were issued [2] .
Post and Tax
The Honduran Postal Service has also issued postal and tax stamps since 1941 [1] .
Postal Charities
Honduras was in circulation with postal-charitable stamps , which, in particular, for the period of almost a hundred years (1865-1963), three were issued [2] .
Post-stamps
L. L. Lepeshinsky [2] reports on seven postage stamps that had postal circulation in Honduras [2] .
Telegraph
Honduras also issued telegraphic stamps [9] :
See also
- Honduras story
- History of Belize Post and Stamps
- Black Honduras
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Honduras // Large Philatelic Dictionary / N. I. Vladinets, L. I. Ilyichev, I. Ya. Levitas ... [and others ] ; under the general. ed. N.I. Vladinets and V.A. Jacobs. - M .: Radio and communications, 1988. - S. 65. - 40,000 copies. - ISBN 5-256-00175-2 . (Retrieved June 17, 2017) Archived copy . Date of treatment September 30, 2018. Archived June 17, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Honduras // Philatelic geography (foreign countries): Reference book / L. L. Lepeshinsky. - M .: Communication, 1967. - S. 360. - 480 p. (Retrieved June 17, 2017) Archived copy . Date of treatment June 16, 2017. Archived June 17, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Honduras (Rep .) . The UPU: Member countries: Americas . Universal Postal Union . Date of treatment June 17, 2017. Archived June 17, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Países miembros: Honduras (Spanish) . La Organización . Montevideo , Uruguay : UPAEP. Date of treatment June 16, 2017. Archived on May 28, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rossiter S. , Fowler J., Wellsted R. Honduras . Stamp Collecting Resources: Stamp Atlas . Knutsford , UK : Sandafayre Stamp Auctions; Sandafayre (Holdings) Ltd. - Honduras. Date of treatment June 16, 2017. Archived on April 28, 2017.
- ↑ Restricted Unions Reply Coupons - Generalities . Postal Reply Coupons . France : André Hurtré (March 11, 2011). Date of treatment June 2, 2008. Archived January 11, 2012.
- ↑ Stamps of the World. - L .: Stanley Gibbons , 2004 .-- Vol. 1. - P. 580. (English)
- ↑ “Black Honduras” // Large Philatelic Dictionary / N. I. Vladinets, L. I. Ilyichev, I. Ya. Levitas ... [ and others ] ; under the general. ed. N.I. Vladinets and V.A. Jacobs. - M .: Radio and communications, 1988. - S. ???. - 40,000 copies. - ISBN 5-256-00175-2 . (Retrieved February 28, 2016) Archived copy . Date of treatment June 17, 2017. Archived on February 28, 2016.
- ↑ See their selection on Wikimedia Commons .
Literature
- Poole B. First Postage Stamps of Honduras = First stamps of Honduras // Stamp Spec: Journal. - 1940. - Vol. 4. - P. 72-78.
Links
- Cochrane W. Stamps of Honduras: Issues of 1931 . Stamp Profiles . UK: The Philatelic Database - Archive of Stamp Collecting Articles; Richard Turton and William Cochrane (March 13, 2013). Date of treatment June 24, 2017. Archived June 24, 2017.
- Home . Honduras Stamp Resource. Date of treatment June 24, 2017. Archived May 31, 2017.