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Lot# 5311 - Auction 265-273

  • Lot# : 5311 Chile

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    PSNC 1865: Cover from Santiago to Lima, Peru endorsed "por Vapor", franked by 1861/62 10 c. blue, three margins, just touched, and 20 c. green, four single examples with good even margins all round tied by four strikes of the 'Cancelled' obliterator in black. SANTIAGO despatch cds in red at right (Aug 16). On arrival in Lima (Aug 26, datestamp on reverse), the cover was marked '3' in blue crayon for triple rate and handstruck "30 / CENTAVOS" applied in black together with oval CONDUCCION / DEL CARTERO / GRATIS in black (free delivery). A rare and most attractive franking - the cover weighed 1½ ounces, thus a Chilean sextuple rate and the letter required 30 centavos to Valparaiso and a further 60 centavos for the PSNC rate of 10 c. per ½ ounce. A rare cover, illustrated in Edition D'Or 59 on page 188. Certs. BPA (1971, 1992).rnProvenance: Collection Gerhard Blank, RL, Dec 1991, lot 1222; Collection Joseph Hackmey, Corinphila sale 236, June 2019, lot 6148.
    Starting bid : 1,500.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,400.00 CHF