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10 Pesos Sea Mail, Piedfort
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Weight | 40 g |
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| Reverse description | The central field depicts the Isabel, a historic Spanish sailing vessel associated with Cuban maritime postal history, rendered in fine relief with detailed rigging and billowing sails. A curved legend arcs along the upper periphery bearing the series title HISTORIA POSTAL DE CUBA, while the historic date 1765 appears on the left and the issue year 1992 below, flanking the ship. The lower legend reads CORREO MARITIMO DEL ESTADO, identifying the subject as the state sea mail service. The composition references the establishment of the Cuban postal route and is consistent with the reverse design of KM#341. |
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| Mintage | 1992 - Proof - 50 |
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Cuba's piedfort program of the early 1990s occupied an awkward moment: the Soviet Union had just collapsed, eliminating the subsidies that had propped up the Cuban economy for three decades, and hard currency was desperately needed. Collector piedforts — double-thickness strikes sold at premium to foreign numismatists — were one of several schemes the Banco Nacional pursued to generate dollar income as the "Special Period" austerity began biting.
The sea mail designation links this piece to a short-lived philatelic and numismatic marketing effort pairing Cuban issues with postal themes for overseas collectors.