Argentina
The Brian Moorhouse Estate (part III)
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Lot# : 3001 Argentina
1767 (Nov 21): Entire letter from Cadiz to Buenos Ayres struck with superb strikes of condensed "ESPÑA" handstamp and "3. DE PLATA" both in red; mailed between members of the Basabilbaso family, Manuel Basabilbaso became the Administrator of the 'Correo Maritimo' in Buenos Ayres in 1766. A wonderful and rare entire.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 850 CHFLot# : 3002 Argentina
1866 (Oct 12): Cover and complete contents (transcript enclosed with the lot), mailed from Buenos Aires to Asendorf, Hannover via Bordeaux, struck with circular BUENOS-AYRES / PAQ. FR. K No 1 in black (Salles fig. 1037) and carried on the "Carmel" to Montevideo. Fine strike of framed "F.48" Prussian Convention Accountancy marking in black (Salles 3188, Van Der Linden fig. 1184) applied in Paris. Reverse with Paris cds and Asendorf arrival in blue (Nov 21). A scarce and fine entire.Starting bid : 140 CHFHammer price : 140 CHFLot# : 3003 Argentina
1870: Cover and complete contents from Buenos Aires to Hannover, sent unpaid by French Packet 'Gironde' with octagonal 'BUENOS AYRES / PAQ. FR. J. No. 1' datestamp (March 31) in black (Salles fig. 1072). Struck in transit in Paris with fine framed "F. / 48" Convention marking in black (Van der Linden fig. 1184) and reverse with 'Aus Frankreich / Per Aachen' cds in blue (April 30) and Asendorf arrival cds of the same day.Starting bid : 120 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 3004 Argentina
Confederation 1858 (May 1): 5 c. red, a used example with large margins all round but just shaved at top, on circa 1861 second page of entire letter to Buenos Aires endorsed "p. Villa del Salto", tied by oval CORREO / GUALEGUAICHU handstamp in black. File fold across address but a rare cancellation on an attractive and scarce entire. Signed V. Kneitchel. Cert. Jorge del Mazo (2010).rnProvenance: Investphila, Lugano, 10 June 2011, lot 7.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 850 CHFLot# : 3005 Argentina
Confederation 1858: 5 c. red, a vertical strip of three, sheet marginal from right with 9 mm. sheet margin, somewhat roughly separated at left and with touched to large margins, used on Nov 19, 1859 triple rate cover from Goya to Rosario tied by two strikes of the FRANCA handstamp in black. A spectacular and rare franking and without doubt one of the most stunning of all Confederation covers. Cert. Del Mazo (2010).rnProvenance: Investphila, Lugano, 10 June 2011, lot 8.rnStarting bid : 2,000 CHFHammer price : 2,000 CHFLot# : 3006 Argentina
Confederation 1858 (May 1): 10 c. dark green, a used example with large margins all round, on May 14, 1859 entire letter from Rosario de Santa Fé to Corrientes tied by oval CORREO NACIONAL / DEL ROSARIO / FRANCA handstamp in black. A very rare stamp on letter. Cert. Jorge del Mazo (2010) Scott = $ 750.rnrnStarting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 650 CHFLot# : 3007 Argentina
Lot# : 3008 Argentina
Lot# : 3009 Argentina
1862/63: Escuditos 5 c. rose, no accent, a used horizontal pair with large margins all round, on 1863 entire letter to Goya endorsed 'Con 1 Paquete Diarios' and Ship endorsement 'p. Ypora', tied by BUENOS AYRES circular datestamp (Dec 5) in blue. A fine and scarce entire.Starting bid : 220 CHFHammer price : 340 CHFLot# : 3010 Argentina
1864: Escuditos 5 c. carmine, no accent and thin 'C', a fine example with good to large margins all round, used on cover from Parana to Buenos Aires, cancelled on arrival by oval of dots handstamp in black. Pencil dated by Knietschel externally as 1864, a scarce cover. Signed Knietschel.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 180 CHFLot# : 3011 Argentina
Lot# : 3012 Argentina
Lot# : 3013 Argentina
1864/65: Rivadavia 10 c. green, wmk. 'RA', perf. 11½, blurred printing, diagonally bisected and used on November 1867 entire letter to Concordia for the single rate, tied by oval framed PASO DE LOS LIBRES handstamp in blue. Rare and very fine for a Rivadavia bisect which are seldom found on complete entire letters. Cert. Moorhouse (2016) Scott = $ 2'000.rnrnProvenance: Collection Emerson (1939); Collection Norman Hubbard, Siegel, 18 July 1985, lot 48; Collection Hugo Goeggel, Corinphila, 15 June 2016, lot 292.Starting bid : 750 CHFHammer price : 1,100 CHFLot# : 3014 Argentina
Lot# : 3015 Argentina
1864/66: Rivadavia 5 c. green and 15 c. blue (2), wmk. 'RA', perf. 11½, used on registered cover front and one back flap to Rosario, paying the triple weight (15 c.) + registration (25 c.) fee, tied by oval framed "CORREOS NACIONALES / FRANCA / DE SAN JUAN" oval handstamp, one 15 c. also tied by one of four surrounding strikes of the framed CERTIFICADO handstamp in black. Reverse with docketing of receipt in manuscript. A fine and scarce cover. Cert. Moorhouse (2016).rnProvenance: Collection Hugo Goeggel, Corinphila sale 205, June 2016, lot 317.Starting bid : 1,250 CHFHammer price : 1,750 CHFLot# : 3016 Argentina
1867: Rivadavia 5 c. carmine, no wmk., imperforate, two fine used examples, each with large margins all round, one cancelled at Cordoba from a fine impression, the other with tiny unapparent scissor cut in top margin, cancelled at Concordia and a slightly more blurred impression.Starting bid : 80 CHFHammer price : 110 CHFLot# : 3017 Argentina
1867: Rivadavia 5 c. rose-carmine, imperforate on unwatermarked paper, a fine example with good to large margins all round, used on 1867 cover from Santa Fé to Rosario tied by oval of dots obliterator in black. Circular "Correos De Santa Fé" datestamp in black alongside (Sept 5). File fold well away from the adhesive but a most attractive cover. Signed Calves.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 240 CHFLot# : 3018 Argentina
1867: Rivadavia 5 c. rose-carmine, imperforate on unwatermarked paper, a fine large margined example used on July 23, 1867 cover from Cordoba to Rosario, tied by superb strike of framed CORDOBA handstamp in black. A fine and most attractive cover - and most probably the earliest known usage of this stamp on letter. Cert. Moorhouse (2014).rnProvenance: Corinphila sale 191, 19 Nov 2014, lot 730.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 500 CHFLot# : 3019 Argentina
Lot# : 3020 Argentina
1867/68: Rivadavia 5 c. vermilion, cross-hatched, a single example used on 1875 cover to Marseille, carried on French Packet 'Orenoque', well tied by cog wheel segmented cork handstamp in black. Buenos Aires cds adjacent (April 10) and octagonal 'Buenos Ayres / Paq. Fr. J. No. 2' datestamp alongside (Salles fig. 1072). Reverse with Buenos Aires datestamps and Marseille arrival (May 10) where charged '12' décimes due in manuscript. Attractive cover.Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : 130 CHFLot# : 3021 Argentina
Paraguay War 1868: Rivadavia 20 c. vermilion, crossed lines, a used example on 1869 cover from Humaitá to Goya, tied by superb strike of rare barred "H" diamond obliterator in black of Humaitá. Circular CORREOS DE CORRIENTES transit cds (April 26) alongside in black. Much of the Paraguayan town of Humaitá was in the hands of the Argentinian forces by July 1868, finally falling in August 1868. Less than 10 examples recorded nearly all of which are on the Demarchi correspondence to Buenos Aires. An extremely rare cover in the foremost quality.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 1,650 CHFLot# : 3022 Argentina
1873: 1 c. purple and 4 c. brown used on 1875 entire letter from Paso de los Libres (Nov 14) to Buenos Aires, mailed via Concordia with oval Forwarding Agent's cachet COLL SARDÁ y CA. / CONCORDIA in green on flap. Adhesives tied by 'Concordia' cds's in black with Buenos Aires arrival on reverse (Nov 19). Typical slight aging but an unusual usage.Starting bid : 120 CHFHammer price : 150 CHFLot# : 3023 Argentina
Lot# : 3024 Argentina
1878: 16 c. green rouletted, single example used on 1878 entire letter to Bordeaux, carried on French Packet 'Niger', well tied by "Buenos Aires / Estacion Lima' datestamp (Dec 7) in black. Octagonal 'Buenos Ayres / Paq. Fr. J. No. 1' datestamp alongside (Salles fig. 1072). Reverse with Buenos Aires datestamps and Bordeaux arrival (Jan 5, 1879).Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : 100 CHFLot# : 3025 Argentina
1877/80: Lopez 2 c. yellow green in a vertical pair used in combination with 1888/90 10 c. brown in horizontal pair on 1890 registered cover to Seville, Spain tied by Buenos Aires cds's in black. Reverse with Barcelona transit (Feb 17) and Sevilla arrival (Feb 19). Opening tears at top but a scarce mixed issue franking.Starting bid : 120 CHFHammer price : 260 CHFLot# : 3026 Argentina
Tierra Del Fuego 1904: Postcard from Charcot Antarctic Expedition (Le lancement de "Français" à St. Malo) franked by 1901 3 c. orange tied by "USHUAIA / T. DEL FUEGO" cds (Jan 4) in black. The card, small fault at base, is signed by Jean Baptiste Charcot, the leader of the Expedition and founder of the French Boy Scouts.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 380 CHFLot# : 3027 Argentina
Lot# : 3028 Argentina
Lot# : 3029 Argentina
Lot# : 3030 Argentina
1890: 2 c. brown postal stationery letter-card, a fine unused example with advertising on front, reverse and inside (a range incl. the Jockey Club), headed at top "Serie A - Emision I", some aging on perfs. but rare (Jalil CAP-12 = $ 500), and 2 c. brown postal stationery letter-card on thinner stock, similar all-over advertising headed "Serie A - Emision II", also similarly fine unused and in this describer's opinion considerably rarer (Jalil CAP-13 = $ 600, H&G A34a). A splendid pair of seldom seen cards.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 200 CHFLot# : 3031 Argentina
1901: Postal stationery group with 1901 New Year 5 c. illustrated postal stationery envelopes (2) fine unused (Jalil SZC-13-11-C), San Martin 2 c. brown postal stationery used envelopes privately printed with Juan Lalor address (Bme. Mitre 311) at left (one is an up-rated usage), San Martin 5 c. red (with dot) postal stationery envelope privately printed with 'Montemayor' return address unused, 1934 'M.R.C.' surcharge in black on fold-out 10 c. red card fine unused (TAZ-11), a scarce group.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 3032 Argentina
Lot# : 3033 Argentina
1936: "Servicio Expreso Urbano" Saavedra 70 c. purple on yellow letter-card (Jalil EXU-22) with legend 'Si lo deposita...', a used example with crayon through the first paragraph; together with 1941/44 (sic) "Servicio Expreso Urbano" Saavedra 70 c. purple on yellow letter-card (Jalil EXU-24) with legend 'Pueden escribirse...' used on 31 August 1939, pre-dating the Jalil listing. A scarce duo.Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 3034 Argentina
1939: "Servicio Expreso Urbano" Saavedra 70 c. purple on yellow letter-card (Jalil EXU-24) with legend 'Pueden escribirse...', another on grey stock (Jalil EXU-25) unused ; and a used example on yellow stock cancelled on 1 July 1939, pre-dating the Jalil listing. A scarce trio.Starting bid : 120 CHFHammer price : 140 CHFLot# : 3035 Argentina
1943: Moreno 5 c. brown postal stationery envelope with inscription '(Ley de Tarifas)' at top and four address lines below (Jalil SOB-99), a used example with variety "Double Print" cancelled by 'Fortuna' cds (Sept 25) and by Buenos Aires machine cancel. File fold on no significance, rare variety unrecorded by Jalil.Starting bid : 120 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 3036 Argentina
1857: 'Gauchitos' imperforate Essays for proposed issue by Katzenstein & Castelli of Buenos Aires, all in blocks of four with 4 r. yellow, 6 r. yellow green marginal from right of sheet, 8 r. in deep grey violet marginal from base of sheet and 10 r. deep blue; minor bends on large part og. A rare and splendid set Kneitschel 1/4.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 800 CHFLot# : 3038 Argentina
Córdoba 1858 (Oct 28): 5 c. blue on horizontally laid paper, a complete unused sheet of thirty subjects (10 x 3) with huge margins all round and in a rich fresh shade, with position 17 showing "Stop after CEN", position 20 showing "C RDOBA" variety, position 28 showing "Broken 5" variety; one central crease and tiny 1 mm. tear at base in margin only, not affecting the exquisite appearance, unused without gum Gi P54a/c = £ 3'240+/Scott 1 = $ 4'500+.rnrnStarting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 2,000 CHFLot# : 3039 Argentina
Lot# : 3041 Argentina
Corrientes 1856: 1 r. black on blue (Type 6), a fine used example with large margins all round, cancelled by manuscript '#' on circa 1860 cover endorsed 'C.D.S.' at left probably from Corrientes, addressed to Yaguarete Cora. Minor aging but a scarce cover Scott = $ 450.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 160 CHFLot# : 3043 Argentina
Corrientes 1856: UN REAL MC black on blued paper, a used horizontal strip of three, Types 4-1-2 and thus an interpanneau strip, used on 23 March 1860 cover from Saladas to Goya, cancelled by manuscript pen crosses in black ink. The adhesives with small peripheral marginal faults but a very rare cover: only three first issue interpanneau frankings have been recorded Gi P56 = £ 350++/Scott = $ 450++.rnStarting bid : 750 CHFHammer price : 800 CHFLot# : 3044 Argentina
Lot# : 3045 Argentina
Lot# : 3046 Argentina
Corrientes 1864: (2 c.) black on blue-green, Type 6, a used example with good to large margins all round, used on June 25, 1866 cover from Caa Cati to Felix Delfino in Bella Vista cancelled by "#" manuscript cancellation in ink. A fine and most attractive cover Gi P62 = £ 250/Scott = $ 750.Starting bid : 120 CHFHammer price : 180 CHFLot# : 3047 Argentina
Corrientes 1867: (2 c.) black on yellow, Type 3, a fine used example with large margins all round, cancelled by two vertical manuscript pen strokes on March 14, 1867 cover from Caa Cati to Felix Delfino in Bella Vista. An early usage on a fresh and very fine cover Gi P63 = £ 140+/Scott = $ 100+.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 160 CHFLot# : 3048 Argentina
Corrientes 1871: (3 c.) black on dark blue, a complete pane of eight subjects (4 x 2) with touched to good margins, all cancelled by nine barred obliterators in black, one stamp slight pinhole and diagonal bend but a rare multiple Gi P59 = £ 200+/Scott = $ 150+.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 220 CHFLot# : 3049 Argentina
Lot# : 3050 Argentina
Corrientes 1874/80: (3 c.) deep black on lilac-rose, Type 2, Fourth Printing in a clear impression, a fine used example with ample margins all round, tied to front of cover to Corrientes by neat strike of circular MERCEDES / CORR. TES handstamp in black. Scarce thus.Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : 330 CHFLot# : 3051 Argentina
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