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  • Lot# : 3028 Peru

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    1 d. pale milky blue in a horizontal pair, Transfer Types 11-17, with Type 11  filling the random position 16, used on December 1859 entire letter to Cuzco tied by large oval framed LIMA handstamp in black. File fold touches the right hand stamp but a rare usage of the substituted cliche on letter. Cert. Moorhouse (2010).

    Note: The Type 11 substitution for Type 16 was reported by Hauburg but was omitted from the articles by Hall (London Philatelist 1931) and Bargholtz (Mainsheet 1981).
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF