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  • Lot# : 798 Ecuador

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    1865: ½ r. ultramarine, a horizontal strip of four, marginal from top of sheet, left stamp just touched otherwise with huge margins all round, the right pair colourless embossed oval Control 'Republica del Ecuador' with Coat of Arms, used on 1866 cover to Lima, Peru tied by two strikes of GUAYAQUIL datestamps (Aug 12) in black. Reverse with Lima arrival cds (Aug 16). Cover with slight hole on front panel on 'Ch' of 'Chavez' but an extremely rare usage of this embossed marking on letter.

    Provenance: Collection Caspary (June 1958), lot 997.
                           'Crown Point', Corinphila sale 131 (October 2001), lot 6688.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold