Cuban Peso Overprint on US Postage Stamp
Cuba · 1898 · 1c de Peso
This stamp is a United States 1-cent Benjamin Franklin issue (Scott #279) overprinted in black with "1c. DE PESO" for use in Cuba. The overprint was applied to existing US postage to create provisional stamps for the island during the American military occupation.
Issued during the United States military occupation of Cuba following the Spanish-American War, these overprinted stamps represent a transitional period in Cuban postal history before the establishment of the Republic of Cuba in 1902.
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