STAMPS: RHINOCEROS TOPICS (Page 49)

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Back under spanish-language skies...

  ... with this Cuban rhinoceros (value: 1c) dated year 1978 in the legend of which are 2 errors: 'cerototherium simun' instead of 'ceratotherium simum'. (Also have a look at the errors shown page 32)

... and this rhino from Colombia which has travelled from Cali under the eye of this turtle telling him the stamp on which it is printed had already been used (!!! the scan slightly enables us to see the upper-left corner of a rectangular cancellation that can be seen under the bold 'r' and that cross the word 'rinoceronte' on its central 'e'...
Let's add that this rhino has been sticked 'for philatelic purpose': its $4 dated 1980 are just besides a $1300 dated 1999 !

 

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