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Lot# 6154 - Auction 234-243

  • Lot# : 6154 Chile

    Recess at Santiago Post Office, Final Printing 1866: 5 c. rose red, three single exampless, a horizontal pair and a horizontal strip of seven, margins large to touched and some crossed by file folds, all used on 1866 entire letter from Valparaiso to Lima, Peru tied by blurred INUTIL obliterators in black. VALPARAISO despatch cds in red (unclear, but entire dated internally March 17) alongside. Reverse with Lima arrival cds in black (March 26) and obverse with manuscript '3' in pencil denoting the triple rate. A scarce franking. Signed Calves, Goebel. Cert. Corinphila (1996).rnrnProvenance: Collection 'Islander', Corinphila sale 95, Dec 1996, lot 982.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF