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Venezuela – the final specialized catalogue for 2022

Asofilca Venezuela Specialized Stamp Catalogue
The ASOFILCA Catalogue of the Stamps of Venezuela

Just as I’d pressed ‘send’ on my recent post about new Latin American catalogues, along comes yet another (very welcome) reference work.

This time, it is Venezuela’s turn.

The last specialized catalogue of Venezuela to be published was compiled by Juan Jose Valera in 1982. He had been releasing updated editions since 1964 and old copies can very occasionally be found on the second hand market

Valera sold the rights to his catalogue to Aurelio Blanco who subsequently published a Venezuelan catalogue in 2009. Somewhat easier to find but not really detailed enough to warrant the ‘specialised’ moniker.

This new Catalogo de Las Estampillas de Venezuela picks up the baton where Valera left off with the introduction of a detailed, full color catalogue, starting from the first issue in 1858 and taking us right up until the beginning of 2022.

In common with the recent catalogues from Nicaragua and Peru, this Venezuelan catalogue is also digital only, providing easy distribution and straightforward editing for future revised editions as more information comes to light.

Asofilca Venezuela Specialized Stamp Catalogue
Page extract showing the 1896 Miranda ‘Map Issue’. Pricing is noticably higher than Scott, particularly on the tete-beche varieties. But also worth noting that Scott (and the other main publishers) pricing can often be artificially held down by issues that have been heavily forged…such as these

There is good coverage of varieties which are easily identified in a smaller, colored font and numbers printed are available for the majority of issues. Officals and perfins have their own extensive section, followed by an in-depth treatment of the well-known Escuelas issues and subsequent postal-fiscals.

To put this in to context, the Scott Specialized gives us forty-seven entries for the 1st Escuelas series of 1871-76. In contrast, this new catalogue provides no less than two-hundred and seventy-six entries, each individually valued. A fantastic resource for the specialist.

Asofilca Venezuela Specialized Stamp Catalogue
Fabulous treatment of the Escuelas with a wealth of varieties to look out for

Postal stationery, aerogrammes, telegraphs and a good section on the popular Venezuela Locals are all covered. Pricing is in $US and is significantly higher than Scott in many places. The key ‘Bolivar Negro’ stamp of 1900, for example, clocks in at a bullish $10,500.

The catalogue is authored by Carlos Romero and published by the Asociacion Filatelica de Caracas, better known as ASOFILCA, the predominant collector’s society in Venezuela.

ASOFILCA is to be applauded in making this resource freely available to collectors as a zero cost downloadable catalogue. The wider distribution of a free catalogue is likely to pull in more potential collectors from the side lines and should help to promote Venezuelan philately.

Spanish language. You can download the catalogue for free from here.

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