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Lot# 1025 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 1025 Peru

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    1866/67: Llama 10 c. vermilion, a used example on 26 August 1868 cover from Iquique to Lima endorsed "p. Vapor"; tied by oval framed dotted lozenge in black (Lamy & Rinck fig. 97). The cover is dated internally just a fortnight after the major earthquake (possibly 9.3 on the Richter scale) hit Arica and the consequent tsunami on the Peruvian coastline. Superb and rare cover, illustrated on page 151 in Lamy & Rinck. Signed G. Lamy.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF