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Lot# 5155 - Auction 227-233

  • Lot# : 5155 Chile

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    Third London Printing. Recess by Perkins Bacon 1861 (Oct): 10 c. blue on blued, a horizontal strip of four, margins large to cut into with portions of two adjoining stamps, used on 1867 entire letter endorsed 'p. Steamer' from Valparaiso to San Francisco, USA tied by "Cancelled" obliterators in brown. VALPARAISO cds of despatch in red (April 17) and thence via British P.O. with three line PANAMA / TRANSIT datestamp (May 4) in black. SAN FRANCISCO / CAL datestamp in black also tying the adhesives (May 24) in black. Initially charged '24' in blue crayon (deleted) and charged with "68" (cents) handstamp to pay in black (double rate) with "48" in blue crayon being the amount credited to the British Post Office. Reverse with circular sender's cachet of the Belgian Consul in Valparaiso in blue. The stamps with slight stains from bleach in margins but a rare and most unusual entire: mail to the United States being surprisingly scarce.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,200 CHF