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  • Lot# : 3168 Peru

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    1 d. blue-green, diagonally bisected on 1870 cover from Callao to Lima well tied by COMPANIA DE LOS FERROCARRILES DE LIMA datestamp (Lamy & Rinck fig. 100) in black (April 9) with further repeated strike adjacent. Illustrated in 'Catalogo Esoecializado de la Estampillas del Peru' on page 28. Just ten covers bearing a bisected 1 dinero green are recorded with just four recorded with the Railway Company cancellation. A very rare and fine cover. Cert. Moorhouse (2009).

    Provenance: Corinphila, sale 44 (March 1957), lot 6378. Klaus Eitner, Corinphila sale 158 (June 2009), 4192. E.M. de Bustamante (Feb 1999), lot 30609.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold