Fabulous, thanks Tony.



"Tony Vella"
Hi Rod, it's me again.

The first one is an 1872 regular issue, white paper, perf 11

The second: I read somewhere (I should start taking notes) that most
"Provisional" on Ecuador and somewhere else are stop-gap stamps, i.e.
changing denomination of a stamp through an overprint until new stamps are
made available-printed-issued-whatever. One of the meanings of
provisional is temporary (e.g. central provisional = temporary
headquarters). I find your stamp neither in my Scott nor in my Forbin.
Sorry!

The third: In 1969 a set of 12, perf 14, overprinted and surcharged was
issued of this design. Scott notes that the design was not issued without
the surcharge.

Hope this helps.
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Tony Vella
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada