Lot# 6029 - Auction 234-243
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Lot# : 6029 Chile
London Printing 1853 (July 1): 10 c. deep bright blue on yellowish paper, a vertically bisected example, left half of stamp, roughly separated, used on 1854 entire letter to Santiago tied by target handstamp in black with VALPARAISO datestamp in red at left (Aug 28). Some edge wear to cover but an extremely rare usage of the 1853 issue. Cert. Corinphila (1996) Gi. 2b = £ 500+/Scott = $ 800.rnProvenance: Collection 'Islander', Corinphila sale 95, Dec 1996, lot 802.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 650 CHF