Peru has issued a relatively high number of official seals, 58 different types have been recorded to date. They come in a wide variety of colors, designs, and paper types, including one printed on a very unusual glossy red "alligator skin" paper. Some of these were likely unadopted essays. Very few Peruvian seals are known on cover.
Catalog: Bustamante #2 (Type B), Yvert and Tellier 1a
Date issued: 1902, EKU May 13, 1902
Printing: Blue and red on dull yellow pattern
Perforation: 12
Inscription: "CIERRO OFICIAL / ADMINISTRACION PRINCIPAL / DE / CORREOS DE LIMA / PERU" with fancy coat of arms
Control Number: None
Description: Fragment of cover mailed on New Year's Eve 1902 from Valdivia, Chile to Peru
closed at top with second type Peruvian official seal.
This design is similar to the first, the main difference is that the word "PERU" is 16mm wide, and is 11mm in width on the 1st.
Date issued: 1913, EKU April 16, 1914
Printing: Black on olive green
Perforation: 12
Inscription: "CORREOS DEL PERU / (large coat of arms) / CIERRE OFICIAL / Adherido por ha- / berse recibido en / mal estado" in double line rectangular frame with small x's between
Control Number: None
Description: Domestic 1914 cover to Arequipa, Peru opened by the wrong recipient and repaired with single seal of the 1913 issue. Red notation on the backflap states that letter was "Opened because of identical first and last name Maximo Vargas." Updated September 22, 2008
Catalog: Bustamante #8a (Type G), Yvert and Tellier 3
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