BLACK 8c on 10c BISTRE
1878 DERECHO JUDICIAL REVENUE

Double Surcharge
(APS Certificate)

Issued on April, 1881
Scott #115
Surcharge on Warren #92
(APS Certificate)

Inverted
Surcharge

LARGEST KNOWN MULTIPLE
(APS Certificate)

1885 AUGUST 3: MANILA to NEW YORK
With 8c pair Surcharge for proper Double Outbound Rate.

ONLY RECORDED COVER

Listed in only one early catalogue, this elusive variety was generally believed not to exist. Bartels listed it as being of doubtful status. It was not until 1912 when General Bandholtz (then Major) discovered several singles and a block of four, and exhibited the stamps in New York that the surcharge was considered genuine.