Inventory of Frankings on Known Covers of the 1896 and 1898 King Alfonso XIII Issues by Ernesto Cuesta 1896 King Alfonso XIII Issue 2m. -- Printed matter envelope, date illegible, from La Habana to Buenos Aires, franked with two 1m. 5m. -- Envelope, date illegible, from La Habana to Huguenot, Georgia, franked with five 1m. 2c. -- Printed matter envelope, date illegible, from La Habana to Buenos Aires, franked with two 1c. 2c. 2 1/2m. -- Folded circular, 18 Dec 1896, from Cienfuegos to the Canary Islands, franked with five 1/2m. and two 1c. 5c. -- Commercial envelope, 13 Feb 1896, from La Habana to New York City, franked with one 5c. 5c. -- Commercial envelope, 15 Mar 1897, from Cienfuegos to Paris, France, with manuscript via New York but without New York transit markings, franked with two 5c. 5c. -- Envelope, posting date illegible, from La Habana to New York City, 3 Jan 1899 receipt backstamp, franked with one 5c. 5c. -- Envelope, 30 Dec 1898, from La Habana to Medford, Mass., 4 Jan 1899 receipt backstamp, franked with one 5c. 10c. -- Two cover fronts with illegible dates from Güira de Macuriges to Palma de Mayorca, Canary Islands, franked with two 5c. 10c. -- Envelope, 22 Feb 1896, from La Habana to Budapest, Hungary, franked with two 5c. 10c. -- Envelope, posting date illegible, from La Habana to New York City, 17 Mar 1896 receipt backstamp, franked with two 5c. 10c. -- Registered cover front, 22 May 1896, from Santiago de Cuba to Pittsburgh, Pa., franked with two 2 1/2c. and one 5c. 10c. -- Envelope, 29 May 1897, from Santiago de Cuba to London, England, franked with one 10c. 10c. -- Commercial envelope, 18 Jul 1896, from La Habana to Milan, Italy, franked with one 10c. 10c. -- Envelope, 8 Aug 1896, from Santiago de Cuba to Madrid, Spain, franked with two 5c. 10c. -- Envelope, 22 Jan 1898, from Santiago de Cuba to London, with manuscript via U. States in front but no U.S. transit markings, La Habana transit and London receipts backstamps, franked with one 5c. 15c. -- Registered commercial envelope, 18 July 1896, from Santiago de Cuba to New York City, franked with two 2 1/2c. and two 5c. 1 5-Feb-98
20c. -- Envelope, 1 Aug 1896, from La Habana to Montevideo, Uruguay, via New York, franked with one 20c. 25c. -- Registered envelope, 19 Mar 1897, from Matanzas to Milan, Italy, via La Habana and France, franked with five 1c., two 2 1/2c., and three 5c. 25c. -- Registered envelope with acknowledgement of receipt request ( A R ), date illegible, from Santiago de Cuba to Chicago, Illinois, 22 August 1896 New York transit backstamp and 24 Aug Chicago receipt backstamp, franked with one 5c. and two 10c. 30c. -- Registered envelope with manuscript acknowledgement of receipt request ( A.R. ), 19 July 1897, from La Habana to Puerto Príncipe, Camagüey, franked with one 10c. and one 20c. 58c. -- Registered commercial envelope, 5 May 1897, from La Habana to New York City, franked with three 1c., one 5c., and five 10c. 1898-99 King Alfonso XIII Issue 2m. -- Printed matter envelope, date illegible from La Habana to Buenos Aires, franked with two 1m. 2m. -- Folded circular, 11 Apr 1898, posted within the city of La Habana, franked with one 2m. 2m. -- Folded circular, dated inside 23 Apr 1898, date on postmark illegible, posted within the city of La Habana, franked with one 2m. 5m. -- Open commercial envelope (probably contained printed matter), dated 21 Aug 1898, from La Habana to Puerto Rico, franked with one 5m. 1c. -- Mourning envelope, date and city of origin illegible, backstamped in La Habana 6 and 7 May 1898, franked with two bisected 1c. 1c. -- Open envelope (probably contained printed matter), dated Nov without year date, from Puerto Príncipe, Camagüey to New York City, franked with one 1c. 1c. -- Envelope dated 29 Nov 1898, from Puerto Príncipe, Camagüey to New York City, franked with one 1c. 1c. -- Open commercial envelope (probably contained printed matter), date and place of origin illegible, addressed to New Brunswick, Canada, franked with one 1c. 1c. 5m. -- Envelope, posting date illegible, posted within the city of La Habana, backstamped 15 Jul 1898, franked with a bisected 3c. 1c. 6m. -- Envelope, posting date illegible, from La Habana to Medford, Mass., franked with one 1m. stamp of the 1896 King Alfonso XIII issue and one 5m. and one 1c. stamps of the 1898-99 King Alfonso XIII issue. 2c. -- Envelope, posting date illegible, posted internally within the city of La Habana, franked with one 2c. 2 5-Feb-98
3c. -- Envelope, posting dated and place illegible, addressed to Santiago de Cuba, found on the grounds of Las Guásimas battlefield by a U.S. soldier on 24 June 1898, franked with one 3c. 5c. -- Envelope, posting date illegible, from? to Brooklyn, N.Y., franked with ten 5m. 5c. -- Envelope, 21 Feb 1898, from La Habana to Chicago, Illinois, franked with one 2c. and one 3c. 5c. -- Commercial envelope, posting date illegible, from La Habana to Fort Assinniboine, Montana, 8 Mar 1898 New York transit backstamp, 11 Mar Montana receipt backstamp, franked with one 5c. 5c. -- Envelope, 29 Mar 1898, from La Habana to Santa Cruz, Ca., franked with one 5c. 5c. -- Commercial envelope, 24 Sep 1898, from La Habana to Pendleton, Oregon, with manuscript via Tampa in front but no Tampa transit marks, 27 Sep New York transit backstamp instead and 2 Oct Pendleton receipt backstamp, franked with one 5c. 5c. -- Envelope with sender s datestamp on back of 1 Oct 1898, from Trinidad to Washington, D.C., franked with on 5c. 5c. -- Commercial envelope, 26 Oct 1898, from La Habana t New York City, with manuscript notation por City of Washington, franked with one 5c. 5c. -- Envelope, posting date and place illegible, addressed to Boston, Mass., backstamped 7 Nov 1898 in New York and 8 Nov 1898 in Medford, Mass., franked with one 1c. and one 3c. 1898-99 King Alfonso XIII stamps and one 1c. 1898-99 Timbre Móvil revenue 5c. -- Envelope, posting date illegible, from La Habana to Philadelphia, Pa., receipt backstamps of 19 Nov 1898, franked with one 2c. and one 3c. 5c. -- Commercial envelope, 25 Nov 1898, from Matanzas to New York City, franked with one 2c. and one 3c. 5c. -- Commercial envelope, 25 Nov 1898, from La Habana to New York City, franked with one 5c. 5c. -- Commercial envelope, 26 Nov 1898, from La Habana to New York City, franked with one bisected 10c. 5c. -- Commercial envelope, 27 Dec 1898, from Cárdenas via La Habana (28 Dec transit mark on back) to New York City, franked with one 5c. 6c. -- Commercial envelope, posting date illegible, from La Habana to Paris, France, with manuscript via de Tampa & New York, franked with two 3c. 6c. -- Commercial envelope, posting date illegible, from Cienfuegos to New York City, 24 Aug 1898 Habana transit backstamp, 1 Sep New York receipt backstamps, franked with one 6c. 6c. -- Envelope, posting date illegible, from La Habana to Santa Cruz, Ca., backstamped 1 Sep 1898 in New York and 6 Sep 1898 in Santa Cruz, franked with two 3c. 3 5-Feb-98
6c. -- Commercial envelope, posting date illegible, from La Habana to New York City, 8 Sep 1898 receipt backstamp, franked with one 6c. 6c. -- Envelope, posting date illegible, from La Habana to New York, 10 Sep 1898 P.O.N.Y. receipt backstamp, franked with one 6c. 6c. -- Registered envelope with acknowledgement of receipt request ( A.R. ), dated 24 Sep 1898, from La Habana to Huguenot, Georgia, franked with two 3c. 6c. -- Envelope, posting date illegible, from La Habana to Naples, Italy, with manuscript via de los Estados Unidos (via the U.S.) but no transit markings, Napoli receipt backstamp of Nov 1898, franked with two 3c. 6c. -- Commercial envelope, posting date illegible, from Santiago de Cuba to New York City, 5 Dec 1898 receipt backstamp, franked with one 6c. 6c. -- Envelope, posting date illegible, from Caibarién, to New York City, receipt backstamps of 30 Dec 1898, franked with two 3c. 7c. 2m. -- Cover front, 28 Dec without year date, from Matanzas to Barcelona, Spain, franked with one 2m., one 1c., and one 6c. 9c. 1m. -- Registered envelope with acknowledgement of receipt request ( A.R. ), date illegible, from La Habana to New York City, franked with one 1m., one 1c., one 3c., and one 5c. Could be that the 1m. stamp passed as a 1c. stamp for a 10c. postage rate. 10c. -- Envelope, date and place of origin illegible, addressed to Heiligenstadt, Germany, franked with one 5c. 1896 King Alfonso XIII stamp and two 1c. and one 3c. 1898-99 King Alfonso XIII 10c. -- Commercial envelope, 19 Mar 1898, from La Habana to Hamburg, Germany, bearing one 10c. 10c. -- Commercial envelope, 9 Apr 1898, from La Habana to England, franked with two 5c. 10c. -- Envelope, 7 May 1898, from La Habana to Quakenbrück, Germany, with manuscript por vap. francés Lafayette (via French steamship Lafayette), franked with two 5c. 10c. -- Envelope, posting date illegible, from La Habana to Quakenbrück, Germany, with manuscript por bergantín Danés Rohl via de Progreso (via Progreso on Danish brigantine Rohl), 10 June 1898 receipt backstamp, franked with one 10c. 10c. -- Commercial envelope, postmark date illegible, from Sagua La Grande to New York City, backstamped by sender 10 Oct 1898, P.O.N.Y. receipt backstamp of 15 Oct 1898, franked with one 1c. and three 3c. 10c. -- Commercial envelope, posting date illegible, from La Habana to Bordeaux, France, 17 Oct 1898 receipt backstamp, franked with one 10c. 10c. -- Commercial envelope, 18 Nov 1898, from Cienfuegos to Barcelona, Spain, franked with five 2c. 10c. -- Commercial envelope, 20 Nov 1898, from Cienfuegos to New York City, franked with two 5c. 4 5-Feb-98
10c. -- Commercial envelope, posting date illegible, from La Habana to Buchbrunn, Germany, receipt backstamps of 9 and 10 Dec 1898, franked with one 10c. 10c. -- Commercial envelope, 29 Dec 1898, from Cienfuegos to New York City, franked with one 10c. 11c. -- Registered cover posted in Dec 1898 from La Habana to Leipzig, Germany, franked with one 2c. and one 3c. genuine stamps and one counterfeit 6c. 11c. -- Philatelic cover, 10 Dec 1898, from La Habana to Malden, Mass., stamped CITY OF WASHINGTON. in front, franked with one 5c. 1896 King Alfonso XIII stamp and one 6c. 1898-99 King Alfonso XIII 12c. -- Registered envelope, posting date illegible, from Trinidad to Philadelphia, Pa., receipt backstamps of 1 and 2 Oct 1898, franked with four 3c. 12c. -- Commercial envelope, posting date illegible, from La Habana to New York City, 29 Nov 1898 receipt backstamp, franked with two 6c. 13c. -- Cover front, 26 Oct 1898, from Isabel de Sagua to Valls, Provincia de Tarragona, Spain, franked with two 1m., one 2m., two 3m., and one 2c. 1898-99 King Alfonso XIII stamps plus two 5c. 1898-99 Timbre Móvil revenue 14c. -- Philatelic envelope, 10 Dec 1898, from La Habana to Malden, Mass., franked with one 1c., one 2c., one 3c., and one 8c. 15c. -- Philatelic envelope, 10 Dec 1898, from La Habana to Malden, Mass., franked with one 15c. 25c. 1m. -- Philatelic envelope, 23 July without year date, from Guanabacoa to Lucerne, Switzerland, receipt backstamp of 19 Aug 1898, franked with one 1m., one 1c., one 4c, and one 20c. 28c. -- Registered envelope, posting date illegible, from La Habana to Birmingham, England, 12 Jan 1899 receipt stamp in front, franked with three counterfeit 6c. stamps and one genuine 10c. [Ex Eduardo Escalada collection]. 30c. 1m. -- Registered envelope, posted Dec 1898, from La Habana to Paris, France, franked with three 2c. and two 3c. genuine stamps and three counterfeit 6c. [Ignacio Prats collection]. 40c. -- Registered envelope, posting date illegible, from La Habana to Paris, France, franked with two genuine 2c., ten counterfeit 3c., and one genuine 6c. [This cover is part of the collection of the Cuban Postal Museum]. 42c. -- Commercial cover front, 15 Apr 1898, from La Habana to Barcelona, Spain, franked with one 2c. and two 20c. 60c. -- Philatelic envelope, 10 Dec 1898, from La Habana to Malden, Mass., franked with one 20c. and one 40c. 5 5-Feb-98