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  • Lot# : 5639 Chile

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    1871 (Aug): Great Britain 1864 1 d. red pl. 85, an astonishing eighteen examples, four singles and two strips of seven, used on 1871 cover from Coquimbo to Tunbridge Wells, Kent for the 1/6d. rate, endorsed 'via Panama & West Indian Mail', cancelled by nine strikes of the "C40" obliterator in black. 'Coquimbo' cds (Aug), British P.O. 'Callao' transit cds (Aug 26), London red cds and Tunbridge Wells arrival (Sept 30) all on reverse with notation by sender "Nothing but Penny and Twopenny Stamps on the Coast". Heavy vertical crease and some adhesives with imperfections but this is of no great significance as Stanley Gibbons list but do not price any 1 d. red issue used in Coquimbo. A unique Chilean franking.rnProvenance: Collection Grant Glassco, RL, London, 25-27 Nov 1969, lot 626; Collection Gerhard Blank, RL, Zurich, 5 Dec 1991, lot 869.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,000 CHF