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Lot# 7549 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 7549 Ecuador

    1865/66: 1 r. green on greenish paper, the horizontal pair in a deep shade, used on 1866 entire letter to Chavez in Lima, Peru with large even margins all round and part of adjoining stamp at right, neatly tied by "Guayaquil" datestamp (April 3) in black. Reverse with Lima arrival cds (April 8). Exceptional and a magnificent rarity, the sole recorded usage of this stamp on letter. A marvellous showpiece for the connoisseur of Ecuadorean classic philately.rnProvenance: Collection Bill H. Homan Jnr., Collection 'Crown Point',Corinphila sale 131, Oct 2001, lot 6706.
    Starting bid : 8,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 12,000 CHF