To me the clue is the "UPU 1926" in the design. There's a set (ironically, issued in 1929) where Scott shows several of the designs from this series. Among those there is a 10-cent brown.
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"You gotta put down the duckie if you wanna play the saxophone. (Hoots the Owl -- Sesame Street)"
And to confirm that, I just entered "Guatemela Scott 239" into Google and looked at the illustrations. I'm pretty sure that's it, especially because there is nothing in the footnotes to suggest there is a subsequent set with the same design. (There are some overprints indicated, but that's not the case here.)
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"You gotta put down the duckie if you wanna play the saxophone. (Hoots the Owl -- Sesame Street)"
Thank you. You won the prize. Pulled it up on Colnect and sure enough there it is in year 1929. No illustrations in Scott, but the fine print indicates that some of the series differ from the illustration. Not sure why I did not find it in Colnect the first time I looked, but I am old.
To add a bit more context, this stamp is part of series printed by De La Rue. Here's what a publication from the International Society of Guatemala Collectors (Guatemala-2, edited by Roland A. Goodman) has to say about the conflict between date on the stamp and date of issue:
"This series was ordered with ample forethought, in 1926. Some accounts say that the completed stamps were delivered by the end of 1926, but the dates on die proofs point to early 1927. In any event, the postal authorities obviously were not yet ready to switch over to the new currency, and the stamps, though dated 1926, remained in the vaults until 1929." (p. 420)
Its great to see a question about Guatemala...one of my favorite areas. Seems like the Guatemala post offices often ran short or regular postage and would use whatever was on hand to post a letter...on this cover postal tax stamps were used as postage.
Hi Musicman, A lady friend of my son was in Guatemala a Peace Corps type of thing and i asked her if she spoke Spanish...and she said no and neither did the people up in the hills that she lived with..that was an eye opener..its just my opinion but it appears to me that the people in charge in these Central American countries do not intend to do much to educate the people and improve their lifestyle.
That is very accurate. The villages there are very poor. My friend - his name is Coca -
goes back every year to see family and help with what he can.
He was a Dr. there. He cannot practice here, as he would have to take 4 more years of medical school to get a physician's license in the states and he is in his 60's now.
He has told some sad stories about the way of life there. But he speaks of it always with fondness, as it is still 'home'.
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Thank you. You won the prize. Pulled it up on Colnect and sure enough there it is in year 1929. No illustrations in Scott, but the fine print indicates that some of the series differ from the illustration. Not sure why I did not find it in Colnect the first time I looked, but I am old. 
