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Lot# 5391 - Auction 321-332

  • Lot# : 5391 Argentina

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    Tierra Del Fuego 1891: Popper 5 c. deep rose-red, a top marginal example used on FORGED cover to Buenos Aires tied by bold  "PARAMO" circular datestamp (6 AGT / 91) in black. The cover with framed "BUZON / 61" Buenos Aires postbox cachet (which indicates the cover was posted within Buenos Aires) on obverse and two further Buenos Aires datestamps on reverse (Aug 19). Note that the handbook "Tierra Del Fuego" by Brian Moorhouse & John West (1988) lists this amongst three covers, all addressed to Pedro Varela & Co. in Buenos Aires, which are clearly forgeries, this item being listed and illustrated on page 57.rnProvenance: Offered by David Feldman, Geneva, Nov 2003, lot 30894, (estimated at 15'000 CHF).
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF