In Coamo, Mayor Florencio Santiago petitioned General James H. Wilson to create a provisional stamp. Permission was granted and the stamp was printed in a hand press at a local print shop. It is thought that fifty sheets of ten stamps, 500 in total, were typeset printed in black ink on imperforate, unwatermarked yellowish paper with an uneven brownish gum applied. There were two horizontal rows of five stamps per sheet. Interestingly, since the printers did not have enough number “5” characters, four different fonts were used. Each stamp has differences in the typeset so its position in the sheet can be identified. A control mark “F. Santiago” was handstamped in violet to prevent counterfeits.
Genuine Original Sheet
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