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Lot# 2815 - Auction 274-283

  • Lot# : 2815 Chile

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    1890/1958c.: Exhibit Collection of Chilean Railways, beautifully mounted and arranged (108 covers + 84 postcards and numerous photos), with 1890 stampless cover with printed "ferrocarriles en Construccion", 1890's study of framed AMBULANCIA and later "TREN" markings, from 1894 with Travelling Post Office cancellations on covers/cards sorted by Lines with scarce noted incl. 1895 "Angol - San Resendo" single ring cds, 1897/1910 double ring datestamps with range of covers/cards incl. private lines (Curanilahue TPO etc.) 'nitrate' lines etc., 1898 stampless cover showing oval "Direccion General de los Ferrocarriles del Estado / Santiago" illustrated cachet in blue, "Ambulancia" numeral datestamps on covers/cards, study of the Transandine (Cordillera) Railway over the Andes, the whole including usages on incoming mail, illustrated with photos, postcards, Chilean Northern Railway share certificate, 1891 'Nitrate Railway Co.' 10 peso banknote, viewing is a pleasure.rnrnrntogether with superbly illustrated "A Traves de Chile" issued by the State Railways of Chile (1931), ""The Travelling Post Offices of Chile" by Emmerich Vamoz (1983), article on "Numbered Ambulancias of Chile" by Brinkjgreve (1988) and "Travelling Post Offices of Chile" by Alan N. Codling (2010). 
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,200 CHF