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| Keywords: Indicium-Cuba-1899-1c.jpg en Indicium of 1899 U S postal card overprinted for use in Cuba Portrait of Thomas Jefferson The overprinting produced a number of varieties For instance the period was omitted behind 1c in one variety and omitted behind the word PESO in another Shown here is the broken C in CUBA variety The overprints were an expedient way to quickly produce cards for Cuba after the invasion and they were provisional in nature This notwithstanding the U S produced over a million overprints and never printed other postal cards for Cuba Cuba did not get its own postal card José Martà until 1904 U S government printed for occupied Cuba 1899 postal card; scan of original owned by contributor U S government printed for occupied Cuba 1899 1899 PD-USGov Cut squares of Cuba | ||||
