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    1865: ½ r. ultramarine on greyish paper, block of four, barely grazed at top otherwise with large margins all round, used on 1866 entire letter to Lima cancelled by GUAYAQUIL datestamp (Dec 3) in black. One stamp with tiny wormhole otherwise of wonderful appearance and an extremely rare early usage of a block on letter. Cert. Moorhouse (2014).

    Provenance: Collection Caspary (June 1958), lot 998.
                           'Crown Point', Corinphila sale 131 (Oct 2001), lot 6689.
    Starting bid : 3,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold