1898 Puerto Príncipe U.S. Provisional 5 Centavos

Cuba (U.S. Provisional Administration) · 1898 · 5 CENTAVOS

A provisional stamp featuring the denomination '5 CENTAVOS' and text indicating its use in Puerto Príncipe, Cuba, during the U.S. occupation.

Issued by U.S. forces in Puerto Príncipe (now Camagüey), Cuba, during the Spanish-American War, these provisional stamps were created by overprinting existing Spanish colonial stamps due to a shortage of U.S. stamps.