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Cuba (1902-1910)

After the initial overprints of the 1898 First Bureau issues, the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the American Bank Note Company prepared stamps for the Cuban post office under U.S. Military administration. Scott Catalog numbering for Cuba is continuous from Spanish colonial issues through U.S. overprints to BEP and ABNC printings to issues of independent and modern Cuba.

Issues under U.S. Military administration 1902-1910

First Series, 1902

Cuba Scott 227, 1 centavo

Cuba Scott 227P, proof plate number 884 photographically (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Cuba Scott 228, 2 centavos, plate number 873

Cuba Scott 228P, proof plate number 873 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Cuba Scott 229, 3 centavos, plate number 893

Cuba Scott 229P, proof plate number 893 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Cuba Scott 230, 5 centavos, plate number 901

Cuba Scott 230P, proof plate number 903 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Cuba Scott 231, 10 centavos, plate number 900

Cuba Scott 231P var, proof plate number 900, erroneously printed in black instead of the approved yellow brown (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Cuba Scott 232, 1 centavo revalued on 3c Scott 229, plate number 892

Second Series, 1907

Printed by the American Bank Note Company. A printing contract number such as "F-2228" was printed in the top margin of some issues, similar to ABNC issues for Panama and other countries. Contract numbers are often erroneously referred to as plate numbers. They are not plate numbers.

Cuba Scott 240S, 2 centavos specimen, carmine plate number A4, gray green plate number 3

Special Delivery issues

Cuba Scott E2P var, proof plate number 908. This plate was not used, as the misspelling of INMEDIATA (as "IMMEDIATE") was noticed during the audit/approval process and new plate 1432 was prepared with the correct spelling. In addition, the proof was not printed in the correct color.

(Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Cuba Scott E2P, proof plate number 1432 in the correct color. This plate replaced plate 908 with the correct spelling of INMEDIATA.

(Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Cuba Scott E3, 10 centavos, plate number 1432

Postage Due issues

Revenue issues

Cuba R???P, 1000 pesos, plate number F86894 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

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This page last updated January 24, 2026.