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Lot# 7569 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 7569 Ecuador

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    1866: 4 reales red, a fine single example and a horizontal strip of five used on cloth cover front to Guaranda in combination with 1865/72 1 r. orange-yellow in a horizontal strip of three, all stamps with good margins for these adhesives, tied by nine strikes of the "3154" gros chiffres handstamps of Quito in black. Manuscript weight at right "3 libras 6 oz."  (54 ounces) for rate of 27 reales fully paid. The 4 reales strip with the shade changing from rose to brown-red, a marvellous and rare franking for the specialist. Cert. Behr (2015), Moorhouse (2014).rnProvenance: Harmers, London, 30 April 1996, lot 135; Collection Fiorenzo Longhi, Investphila, 17-18 April 2010, lot 533.rn 
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,200 CHF