Because of the lack of 15 céntimos stamps during the first months of 1947, the government decided to issue an emergency surcharge on 45.000 stamps of each value from the 1946 Central America & the Caribbean Soccer Championship issue.
The surcharge reads “Habilitado para ₡0.15 Decreto No. 16 de 28 de abril de 1947” in 4 lines. It comes in panes of 50.
This beautiful surcharge, despite of being over 70 years old, has not being studied as much as it deserves.
So, trying to honor these Costa Rica stamps, I decided to make a study of this emergency surcharge which I share with you now.
| Pos. | Comments |
| 1 | |
| 2 | |
| 3 | |
| 4 | ₡ symbol line broken |
| 5 | ₡ symbol line broken |
| 6 | ₡ symbol line broken. Thin “H”. |
| 7 | ₡ symbol line broken |
| 8 | ₡ symbol line broken |
| 9 | Broken “l” in “abril” |
| 10 | ₡ symbol line broken |
| 11 | Broken “8” in “28” |
| 12 | |
| 13 | ₡ both symbol broken |
| 14 | |
| 15 | |
| 16 | |
| 17 | |
| 18 | ₡ symbol line broken |
| 19 | ₡ symbol line broken |
| 20 | |
| 21 | |
| 22 | ₡ symbol line broken |
| 23 | ₡ symbol line broken |
| 24 | |
| 25 | |
| 26 | |
| 27 | ₡ symbol line broken |
| 28 | ₡ symbol line broken |
| 29 | |
| 30 | ₡ symbol line broken |
| 31 | Ink stain diagonal to “1” in “1947” |
| 32 | ₡ symbol line broken |
| 33 | ₡ both symbol broken |
| 34 | |
| 35 | |
| 36 | |
| 37 | ₡ symbol line broken |
| 38 | Ink dot under “o” in “Habilitado” |
| 39 | ₡ both symbol broken |
| 40 | |
| 41 | ₡ symbol line broken |
| 42 | ink dot inside “6” in “16” |
| 43 | |
| 44 | |
| 45 | Line over “Habilitado” |
| 46 | |
| 47 | |
| 48 | ₡ symbol line broken |
| 49 | |
| 50 |
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