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In 1889: Cecil Rhodes forms British South Africa Company.
French Panama Canal Company goes into liquidation. Adolph Hitler born.
At the PSL: The Society worked towards staging a major exhibition the following year to
celebrate the SOth anniversary of the introduction of postage stamps, to be held at the
Portman Rooms, Baker Street, close to the current home of the Royal Philatelic Society.
PSL President was Judge F. A. Philbrick. Membership stood at 93.
EL SALVADOR, DIE PROOF OF UNISSUED le
STAMP WITH INCORRECT COUNTRY NAME
From the collection of Guillermo F. Gallegos RAHF.
Member since 2013. Lives in Mexico.
c .
A similar error to the POST OFFICE vs POST PAID of Mauritius, but this time done by the American
Bank Note Company, the fabled printing house in New York City. This 1889 die proof, mounted on
card, for a 1 cent stamp has the country name engraved as UNION POSTAL DEL SALVADOR (Postal
Union), when the correct name used during the 1880s was SERVICIO POSTAL DEL SALVADOR (Postal
Service). After some hesitation, the stamps were only placed in use for a very short time with a
black bar obliterating the incorrect legend UNION POSTAL DEL.
