(RCSD) Looking Back #198 - Seebeck

Seebeck

Nicholas Frederick Seebeck collaborated with
the Hamilton Bank Note Company of New York
to supply (in 1889) certain South American
States with most attractive sets of postage
stamps free of charge.

The authorities concerned -- Ecuador,
Honduras, Nicaragua, Salvador --
are stated to have agreed to accept a
new issue annually, to demonetize the
obsolete set, and to return all the unsold
remainders to Seebeck, the agent.

In addition, the contractor was authorised
to use the original plates to make such
reprints as the Company might require to
meet the demand of stamp dealers and
collectors.

The affected issues are said to be:
Ecuador 1892-6; Honduras 1890-5;
Nicaragua 1890-9; and Salvador 1890-9.

These are known as the "Seebeck"
issues and/or reprints.

- R. J. Sutton 6th edition revised by K. W. Anthony
The Stamp Collector's Encyclopaedia
Published 1966