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Lot# 895 - Auction 284 - 290

  • Lot# : 895 Ecuador

    1865: 1 r. green, two horizontal pairs in a rich deep shade, one overlapping a corner marginal pair from lower left of the sheet with vertical and horizontal marginal framelines (positions 82-83), neatly tied to 1866 entire letter at double rate to Lima endorsed 'Vapor Guayaquil' by "Guayaquil" datestamps (Feb 27) in black. Docketed internally as arriving on the 'Vapor Pacific' with Lima arrival cds (March 3) in black. An attractive and most unusual franking.rnProvenance: Schuyler Rumsey, San Francisco, Oct 2017, lot 1863.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF