Couldn't find these 5 stamps

[stampdays]

The center one may be C305 but I am not sure. The others seem to elude me!  1774739874

The last 2 came out of an old mix of Chinese.






Any help will be appreciated!

[khj]

I don't recognize the left 2 stamps. I suspect they are probably postal stationery cutouts from Nicaragua.

The center stamp is a cinderella from Nicaragua. Originally peddled by unscrupulous stamp dealers as a stamp issued to raise funds for the 31March1931 earthquake. Totally bogus, as well as the "OFICIAL" overprint -- all part of the sales pitch. That is why you will not find it listed in Scott. They were printed in setenant pairs, showing before/after of various buildings. You have the right half. The entire set consists of 12 setenant pairs.

The right 2 stamps are Chinese revenues known as the Great Wall issue. There are a LOT of varieties on that issue.

k

[stampdays]

Thanks khj, guess one goes in the trash and the others in the old misc book!

[khj]

You're welcome.

Well, if it's the Nicaragua cinderella that's headed for the trash, you might still want to keep it. It's a nice conversation piece. If I have the time one day, I can post a picture of the entire set, along with more details about peddling of the set.

[stampdays]

Good idea, I really hate throwing anything away.

It would be interesting to see the whole set, so I will be looking forward to your posting!

[khj]

The March 31, 1931 earthquake in Nicaragua measured 6.0 on the Richter scale. Although Nicaragua had stronger earthquakes in later years, this one was devastating because it was centered in Managua and caused an estimated 2500 deaths. A tragedy not surpassed until 6.2 earthquake again hit Managua in 1972, causing an estimated 5000 deaths.

The set of 12 setenant bogus issues are shown below. In each pair, the left stamp shows the before appearance of the building, and the right stamp shows it after the earthquake. The stamps shown are from the Witt Collection.



According to Witt, the stamps were sold by dealers with the following sales pitch:

“Through unforeseen circumstances this set was never used and thus became one of the most interesting sets available to the average collector as otherwise it would have been entirely too high priced because the face value alone is $2.25 per set. Without being catalogued this set enjoys tremendous popularity with collectors in all parts of the world due to its length, its unique before and after illustrations, its artistic beauty, its high face value, and above all on account of the small number of set printed, (only 5000) which will soon make it expensive and hard to get.”

I like the last stamp;  'cause it's ORANGE!

[stampdays]

Orange is good!

It would me cool to have that complete set, so I will keep the one that I have and hopefully find a few more later.

Thanks again!