{"id":39370,"date":"2023-05-23T17:03:11","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T15:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/?p=39370"},"modified":"2023-05-31T09:30:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T07:30:59","slug":"spanish_transatlantic_maritime_mail_stamp_collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/it\/2023\/05\/spanish_transatlantic_maritime_mail_stamp_collection\/","title":{"rendered":"The Spanish Transatlantic Maritime Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Royal Decree of August 6, 1764 by King Carlos III established the new rules for mail delivered to and from the Spanish colonies, and on November 1st, 1764, the official mail operation of the Royal Maritime Service between Spain and America was started.<\/p>\n

Until then, Cadiz was the only port in Spain that had the exclusivity of trade with the Americas, and ships from Cadiz had to carry mail free of charge to the different ports in the Americas. After 1764, only the ports of Cadiz and Corunna (La Coru\u00f1a) could dispatch mail to the colonies, with monthly mail being carried by packet boats operating on schedule that departed from Corunna and sailed to Havana, Cuba.<\/p>\n

Postmasters were designated to handle all mail at these ports, and a few other in the Americas, with the mail being conveyed in sealed bags from one point to another. Postmarks were introduced to denote the provenance of all mail with the main ports in Spanish America, as well as Corunna and Cadiz in Spain being provided with postal markings to indicate the origin of all correspondence. Such postmarks included \u201cESPANA\u201d (for mail originating from Spain to America), \u201cYNDIAS\u201d (American mainland mail to Spain), and \u201cYSLAS\u201d (letters emanating from the Caribbean). Exceptions were made in South America (the Viceroyalty of Peru), with \u201cPERU\u201d and \u201cCHYLE\u201d postmarks also denoting mail originating in Peru and Chile with the postmarks being applied on dispatch.<\/p>\n

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1767 (March 21). Entire letter from Buenos Aires to C\u00e1diz. The earliest known item displaying any of the extensively used \u201cYndias\u201d markings, as well as one of just three Spanish colonial letters recorded carried via Portugal.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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In 1778-1779, changes in regulations introduced new rates which altered according to the origin of the correspondence; this resulted in nine further postal boundaries including: Islas de Barlovento, Caracas, Nueva Espa\u00f1a, Guatemala, Santa Fe, Buenos Aires, Peru and Chile, as well as the Philippines in Asia. These territories each had their own postmarks that were distributed to the major cities and ports and which provided more detailed provenance of mail.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Although the American postal boundaries now numbered eight in total, only three different rates were applicable. The boundaries in the Americas included the following territories:<\/p>\n