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  • Lot# : 5026 Peru

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    1 d. deep blue, Transfer Types 12/17, with lower stamp shaved at base, used on double rate April 1859 cover from Arica to Arequipa in combination with December 1858 1 peseta red with large margins all round, cancelled by two fine strikes of ARICA / VAPOR datestamps in black. An extremely rare mixed issue combination and most attractive. Cert. Moorhouse (2013).

    Provenance: Colonel John Rider (December 1978), lot 52.
                             Norman Hubbard (June 2008), lot 233.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,200 CHF