Uruguay 1856-1857

 1856, October 1. DILIGENCIAS Type 1 (Sol de Mayo). Printed by Mege and Willems in Montevideo using the lithographic system on a 7 x 5 stamp imperforate plate (35 types) on medium white paper. 

They were used only for internal postage in the country and their cancellation was done

exclusively with a pen.

Pulled from circulation December 1859

1856 originals

NOTE

All genuinely used stamps bear pen cancels. Any stamps with cancellations other than pen cancels are most likely forgeries. Only a few extremely rare genuine stamps were accidentally canceled with a 'normal' canceling device during the first days of usage.

A very rare second printing of the 60 c (larger letters and less rays around the sun, 67 instead of 105)

Forgeries

These are forged in great numbers

The 60c has at least 12 variations of the first type and 3 of the 2nd

The 80c has 4

The 1r has 5

NOTE Forgeries are esily determined by comparison with the genuine issues

In particular the face, side spandrela and the shape and position on the bottom letters.

60c Forgeries

Hoffmann Type A

60 too far left

Face very different

Found in all 3 values with diffrent face

Hoffmann Type C

Letters much thicker than genuine

Face is very different

Hoffmann Type D

The S of CENTAVOS is slanting and the E of DILIGENCIA is too thick in the vertical

Hoffman Type E

The C of DILIGENCIA is too narrow, there  is a dot in front of the 60

Hoffman Type  F

Somewhat dangerous forgery

Slanted S

60 too far left

Hoffmann Type G

Face different

60 too far left

Letters thicker

Primitive overinked forgery

Letters uneven

Semf forgeries

Left facsimile erased

Unknown

Thin letters

Slanting letters

All the rays same length

Unknown forger

Side spandrels made of double dashes

S too far right

Eyes looking to side

Unknown forger

Spandrels are wavy

Right one is from Fournier album

Modern forgeries

Overinked

Possibly Torres forgeries

Oneglia Forgeries

Typical large bar cancel found on  other countries

Fournier Forgeries

Hoffmann B

Hoffmann C

80c full sheet from unknown Fournier supplier

Possibly Berhmann or Mercier

1r full sheet from unknown Fournier supplier

Sperati Forgeries

Redrawn - Type A There is an extra stamp frameline at top right side

Type A There is a white line in the background joining the left of the D to the white frameline above

Type B The lower part of the left frameline is broken away

(blackprint and normal stamp) of the type II of the 60 c value

Type B The outer frameline is broken over the IG of DILIGENCIA

Type B

Type A There is a diagonal flaw above and between the RE of REA

Type D There is a dot in the upright of the D of DILIGENCIA

References

- Uruguay Revista newsletter 1917

- Uruguay Ciardi catalog 2006

- Fa;sifications Sellos Uruguay - Robert Hoffmann 1948

- Uruguay Plating 118 pages

- Uruguay Sperati Forgeries 

- Upugoay Filatelico

- Uruguat Essays, Proofs & Reprints -  Héctor L. Volpe

 1917

- Uruguay - Klaseboer 2022

- SA Forums