Losnr. 4175 - 265.-273. Auktion
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Losnr. : 4175 Chile
1874 (Sept 3): Great Britain 1865 4 d. vermilion pl. 13 and 1867 9 d. straw pl. 4 in a horizontal pair used on the spectacular 1874 registered cover from Coquimbo to Gravesend tied by two bold strikes of the "C40" obliterator with 'Coquimbo' cds alongside (Sept 3, code A inverted) in black. Manuscript 'Registered' at left in red ink and docket number '79' in crayon below. "♚ / Registered' handstamp and oval framed "Registered / London' datestamp of transit (Oct 13) in red on obverse and reverse with British P.O. 'Callao' transit cds and Gravesend arrival cds (Oct 14) in black. The 4 d. pl. 13 is not listed by Stanley Gibbons used from Coquimbo. Some light aging, wrinkles and wear but a magnificent and wonderful cover, the sole registered usage recorded from Coquimbo. Unique. Cert. BPA (2001).rnProvenance: Collection Louise Boyd Dale & Alfred Lichtenstein, Harmers, New York, 17-18 Feb 1969, lot 283; Collection André Bollen, DF, Zurich, 29-30 March 1984, lot 11572; Collection Vivien Sussex, Cavendish, Derby, 6 March 2002, lot 324.Ausruf : 2.000,00 CHFZuschlag : 5.500,00 CHF