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Lot# 7518 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 7518 Ecuador

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    Fourth Printing Group 1871/72: ½ r. dull greyish-blue, a dry printing alongside ½ real pale ultramarine (2) used with single 1 r. olive-yellow on 15 March 1871 cover to Ambato endorsed "Civil" and weight "5 oz." in manuscript, all stamps with large margins all round and tied by 64 dot lozenge in black. The ½ real adhesives being poor impressions with a 'striated' paper appearance from the front with the ink poorly applied leaving the stamps with a watery look. A rare and unusual cover.
    Starting bid : 700 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF