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

Set Category:

World

Owner:

EMO COLLECTION 

Set Theme:

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

Set Description:

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.

Signature Set Details:

Slot Name	Slot Comment	Certification #	Note Info	Country	Grade	Photo
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 States	N/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	Cuba	65 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	Cuba	AU 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	Cuba	VF 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	Cuba	VF 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	Cuba	AU 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	Cuba	AU 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	Cuba	62
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	Cuba	VF 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	Cuba	VF 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	Cuba	F 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	Cuba	XF 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	Cuba	VF 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	Cuba	VF 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	Cuba	AU 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	Cuba	AU 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	Cuba	VF 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	China	VF 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	China	AU 58 NET

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