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Argentina Newspaper WrappersArgentina first issued newspaper wrappers in November
1878.
Abraham Luspo created a number of excellent pages about the early wrappers from Argentina based on a Gold Medal collection of a unnamed collector of postal stationery of Argentina. Links to these pages are shown below 1878-1880 First Issue - by Abraham Luspo 1888-1889 Issue - by Abraham Luspo 1890 Issue - by Abraham Luspo 1892 Bernardino Rivadavia Issue - by Abraham Luspo 1896 Liberty Head Issue - by Abraham Luspo 1899 Re-designed Liberty Head Issue - by Abraham Luspo 1902 Re-designed Liberty Head Issue - by Abraham Luspo 1906 Gral San Martin Issue - by Abraham Luspo THE TWO DIES OF THE FIRST ISSUE In January 1879 the National Bank Note Company, the American Bank Note Company and the Continental Bank Note Company were consolidated into one company - the American Bank Note Company. The first printing of the 1c carmine, issued in November 1878, was by the National Bank Note Company. The second printing, issued sometime in 1879, was by the American Bank Note Company. The two printing were done using different dies 
 Die 1 - most of the lines on the forehead are complete Die 2 - most of the lines on the forehead are broken SET-OFF ON THE 1880 4c BLUE Scan from the reverse side of the wrapper with the indiicium set-off  PRIVATE OVERPRINT ON 1880 1c CARMINE Private overprint for La Gaceta Musical , wrapper addressed to Milan Italy, taxed 2½, with 5c postage due  PRIVATE OVERPRINTS ON ARGENTINA NEWSPAPER WRAPPERS For more private overprints on newspaper wrappers from Argentina see Private Overprints on Argentina Newspaper Wrappers A selection of Argentina newspaper wrappers with private overprints SET-OFF ON THE 1890 4c BLUE Scan from the reverse side of the wrapper with the text and indicium set-off  Vasen & Riese list these wrappers as having been printed both by Lithography and Typography. I have examined many copies of these wrappers and have not been able to find a single copy which has been printed by typograph.   I would welcome on any help on this matter. BIBLIOGRAPHY Handbuch für Postmarken-Sammler, by Alfred Moschkau, 1885/1896 Catalogue Prix-Courant de Timbres-Postes by J B Moens, 1893 Stanley Gibbons Catalogue Part IV, Envelopes Postcards and Wrappers, 1897 Stanley Gibbons Catalogue Part IV, Envelopes Postcards and Wrappers, 1900 Bright & Son’s Catalogue Part II, Postcards Envelopes Wrappers, 1914 Grosser Ganzsachen-Katalog, by Dr Siegfried Ascher, 1928 Sellos y Otros Valores Postales y Telegraficos Argentinos Tomo II, by Antonio Deluca, 1941 Catálogo de los Sellos Postales de la República Argentina y sus Derivados by Victor Kneitschel, 1943 Higgins & Gage World Postal Stationery Catalogue, 1966/1990 Catálogo de Enteros Postales Argentinos by W Vasen & H L Riese, 1991 Argentina Stamped Wrappers 1878-1887: The National and American Bank Note Co Issues, Postal Stationery No 367 July-Aug 2009, by Ross A Towle and Wayne Menuz (The above list only includes books and papers that I have so far been able to refer to.) In 1893 and 1898 two books were published containing stamps and postal stationery overprinted “MUESTRA” (specimen). What was the purpose of these publications? Can anyone help? - Valores Postales Argentinos, by C Carles, 1893 (download pdf copy of the text part of this book) - Valores Postales Argentinos, Vol. II, by C Carles, 1898 The following description of the second book comes from an auction catalogue [38pgs forward and 340pgs of Colleccion De Los Tipos de Valores Postales Adoptados Con Caracter Definitivo Por Resolucion de Fecha, 23 de Augosto de 1892 with 17 "Muestra" overprinted 1892-97 issue stamps (with both red and black overprint high values) and over 70 different "Muestra" postal stationery items mounted throughout.] Are you a collector of Argentina newspaper wrappers? Do you have any further information on this subject? Jan Kosniowski -
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