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Signature Set Detail: 5b..1869 - UN 1 PESO - REPUBLICA DE CUBA IN ARMS



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REPUBLICA DE CUBA - REPUBLIC OF CUBA IN ARMS CURRENCY ISSUED IN 1869

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THE UPRISING OF THE FIRST WAR OF INDEPENDENCE IN CUBA TOOK PLACE IN "LA DEMAJAGUA" SUGAR MILL ON OCTOBER 10th., 1869 WHEN CARLOS MANUEL DE CESPEDES, ITS OWNER, BURNED THE MILL TO THE GROUND AND FREED HIS SLAVES. CESPEDES THUS BECAME THE LEADER OF THE UPRISING AND LATER THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC IN ARMS. A DELEGATION WAS CREATED IN NEW YORK "LA JUNTA REPUBLICANA DE CUBA Y PUERTO RICO" TO REPRESENT THE INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT OF THE TWO ISLANDS ADEPTLY NAMED BY JOSE MARTI AS [THE TWO WINGS OF THE SAME BIRD.] BY 1869 THE JUNTA HAD COMMISSIONED THE PRINTING OF THESE NOTES. THE NAME OF THE BANKNOTE COMPANY IS MISSING FROM THE NOTES AND HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF SPECULATION FOR MANY YEARS, HOWEVER AT THE SALE OF THE AMERICAN BANKNOTE CO. ARCHIVES, THE FIRST CUBAN LOT AUCTIONED WAS OFFERED AS A "SPECIMEN" SET OF THIS ISSUE. I WAS FORTUNATE TO ACQUIRE THIS SET FOR MY CABINET. THE LOT WAS COMPOSED OF STOCK PAGES WITH NOTES GLUED IN VALUES RANGING FROM 50 CENTS TO 50 PESOS. SOME WERE ISSUED NOTES WHILE OTHERS SHOWED NO SERIAL NUMBERS AND HAD TWO CANCELATION HOLES IN THE SIGNATURE AREA. OF EXTREME INTEREST WAS A TYPEWRITTEN NOTATION MADE ON A CONTEMPORARY BLANK STOCK PAGE (with very old typewriter letters) READING AS FOLLOWS: "REPUBLIC OF CUBA 1869 - We have plate proofs on India and some specimens (filed in the plate proof file). These impressions have no imprint. We have not been able to ascertain the company that made these notes. The vignette die was with the National Bank Note Company stock but does not bear their imprint. There does not seem to be any record anywhere concerning these notes. Even inquired at the Cuban Consulate."
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT DURING 1879 THE NATIONAL BANK NOTE COMPANY MERGED WITH THE AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, THUS WE MUST ARRIVE AT THE CONCLUSION THAT THE NATIONAL BANK NOTE COMPANY DID IN FACT PRINT THE REPUBLICA DE CUBA NOTES IN 1869.


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Slot NameSlot CommentCertification #Note InfoCountryGradePhoto
1869...P55 N/L NBNC UNIFACE SPECIMEN
On Card Stock ex ABNC Archives Sale
Serial Letter E - Without Serial No.
Without Red Seal - undated and unsigned
Single punch hole cancellation.
8005714-003 $1 United StatesN/A
1869...P55a UNIFACIAL NOTE
Serial Letter B - Serial No. 64111
with Red Seal - undated and unsigned
8006626-043 Cuba Republica De Cuba
1 Peso - With Red Seal
Cuba65 EPQ
1869...P55a UNIFACE FULL SHEET
Serial Letters A to I - Serial No. 64192
with Red Seal - undated and unsigned
8005422-003 Cuba República De Cuba
1 Peso
CubaAU 50 NET
1869...P55b UNIFACIAL NOTE
Serial Letter C - Serial No. 2737
Without Red Seal - undated and unsigned
8006626-045 Cuba Republica De Cuba
1 Peso
CubaVF 25 NET
1869...P55b UNIFACIAL VERTICAL PAIR
Serial Letters C + F - Serial No. 3381
Without Red Seal - undated and unsigned
1203737-001 Cuba Republica De Cuba
1 Peso
CubaVF 35 NET
1869...P55c UNIFACIAL NOTE
Serial Letter C - Serial No. 64010
with Red Seal - Hand dated Julio 19 (HD12)
Stamp signed by CESPEDES (SS1)
8006647-012 Cuba Republica De Cuba
1 Peso - With Red Seal
CubaAU 58 NET
1869...P55c UNIFACIAL NOTE
Serial Letter F - Serial No. 5924
with Red Seal - Hand dated Julio 10 (HD4)
Stamp signed by CESPEDES (SS2)
8006647-020 Cuba Republica De Cuba
1 Peso - With Red Seal
CubaAU 53 NET
1869...P55c UNIFACIAL NOTE
Serial Letter G - Serial No. 18279
with Red Seal - Hand dated Julio 10 (HD6)
Stamp signed by CESPEDES (SS3)
8006647-022 Cuba Republica De Cuba
1 Peso - With Red Seal
Cuba62
1869...P55c1 UNIFACIAL NOTE
Serial Letter B - Serial No. 26945
with Red Seal - undated
Stamp signed by CESPEDES (SS2)
8006647-010 Cuba Republica De Cuba
1 Peso - With Red Seal
CubaVF 20 NET
1869...P55c2 UNIFACIAL NOTE
Serial Letter A - Serial No. 15308
Without Red Seal - Hand dated Julio 10 (HD5)
Stamp signed by CESPEDES (SS3)
Annotations in Reverse:
Paul Bairkhandlr - Nuremburg Bavaria Germany
Secifri 5 jrfr Margarit from Cuba
?o New Orleans April 16 th. 1877
8006647-002 Cuba Republica De Cuba
1 Peso - With Red Seal
CubaVF 20 NET
1869...P55c2 UNIFACIAL NOTE
Serial Letter B - Serial No. 48301
Without Red Seal - Hand dated Julio 10 (HD7)
Stamp signed by CESPEDES (SS2)
Annotations in Reverse:
Rovado which means Stolen
8006647-007 Cuba Republica De Cuba
1 Peso - With Red Seal
CubaF 15 NET
1869...P55c2 UNIFACIAL HORIZONTAL TRIPLET
Serial Letters A B C - Serial No. 21075
Without Red Seal - Hand dated Julio 10 (HD10)
Stamp signed by CESPEDES (SS2)
1203740-001 Cuba Republica De Cuba
1 Peso - With Red Seal
CubaXF 40
1869...P55d UNIFACIAL NOTE
Serial Letter F - Serial No. 12335
with Red Seal - Hand dated July 10 (HD19)
Hand signed by CESPEDES (HS1)
8006647-019 Cuba República De Cuba
1 Peso - With Red Seal
CubaVF 35
1869...P55d UNIFACIAL NOTE
Serial Letter I - Serial No. 14187
with Red Seal - Hand dated July 10 (HD18)
Hand signed by CESPEDES (HS2)
8006647-030 Cuba República De Cuba
1 Peso - With Red Seal
CubaVF 25 NET
1869...P55d UNIFACIAL NOTE
Serial Letter B - Serial No. 59501
with Red Seal - Hand dated 15th Febr.
Hand signed by SANTA LUCIAIN
8006647-009 Cuba República De Cuba
1 Peso - With Red Seal
CubaAU 50 NET
1869...P55d UNIFACIAL NOTE
Serial Letter H - Serial No. 59679
with Red Seal - Hand dated October ?
Hand signed by JUAN GUALBERTO GOMEZ
8006647-024 Cuba República De Cuba
1 Peso - With Red Seal
CubaAU 58 NET
1869...P55d UNIFACIAL NOTE
Serial Letter F - Serial No. 63015
with Red Seal - Hand dated: Brooklyn
Hand signed by three persons: P. Luz,
Jose Morales Lemus and 878 Pacifico
Annotations in Reverse:
Genuine - Geo. R. Collins - New York City
EXTREMELY RARE SIGNATURE SET
1204644-001 Cuba República De Cuba
1 Peso - With Red Seal
CubaVF 30
1869...P55d1 UNIFACIAL NOTE
Serial Letter B - Serial No. 59681
with Red Seal - undated
Hand signed by JUAN GUALBERTO GOMEZ
8006647-008 Cuba República De Cuba
1 Peso - Remainder
ChinaVF 25 NET
1869...P55d1 UNIFACIAL NOTE
Serial Letter E - Serial No. 59670
with Red Seal - undated
Hand signed by J. A. GREEN
8006647-017 Cuba República De Cuba
1 Peso - Remainder
ChinaAU 58 NET


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