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  • Lot# : 3681 Salvador

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    1839 (March 28): Entire letter from San Salvador to Santa Ana (Tomas Medina correspondence), struck with framed S. SALVADOR handstamp in black (Harris #85). Superb and very scarce so fine.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 3682 Salvador

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    1853 (Oct 27): Entire letter from San Miguel to Guatemala City, struck with superb straight line S. MIGUEL despatch handstamp in blue (Harris #75, unrecorded in this colour). '3' (reales) rate marking in red at right. Rare.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 3683 Salvador

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    1865: Entire letter endorsed 'p. Salvador' to New York struck with framed FRANCO and superb SONSONATE / SALVADOR datestamp (Nov 6) in black (Harris #144). Circular 'Steamship / 10' of arrival in black and internal docketing of receipt (Dec 4). Scarce and very fine.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 3684 Salvador

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    1874: 2 r. green, optd. by small 'Contra Sello 1874' in black, used on 1875 cover to Paris cancelled by framed FRANCO handstamp, with 'San Salvador / Salvador' despatch cds (Jan 14) in black. Circular 'PANAMA / TRANSIT' datestamp of transit (Jan 27) in black, thence via London (March 1) where framed "GB / 1F 90c." Accountancy marking applied in black. Charged '15' décimes on arrival A very rare stamp on letter. Cert. Moorhousee (2005), Scheller (2008).
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 3685 Salvador

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    1879: 2 c. rose, an unused marginal block of fifteen (5 x 3) in a deep shade from the first printing and showing all 15 Types; sixth stamp showing variety "Inverted Scroll" at upper left corner, fresh and fine, hinged for protection on large part og. Scarce.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 3686 Salvador

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    1887/89: Plate Proofs (5) by the American Banknote Co. for 1887 32 c. brown and Volcano 10 c. orange, 1888 5 c. deep blue all in imperforate horizontal pairs on thick card in issued colours; and 1889 1 c. and 2 c. in unissued colours of pale blue and vermilion respectively. Fresh and fine, a scarce and attractive group.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 3687 Salvador

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    1887: Volcano 10 c. orange used on 5 c. pale blue postal stationery envelope (H&G B8) tied by 'Star in Circle' obliterator with oval 'Admon de Correos / La Libertad' datestamp at left (Dec 6, 1889) in violet. 'San Francisco / Paid All' in black at left (Dec 23). Scarce and most attractive.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 3688 Salvador

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    1890: Hamilton Banknote Co. Essay for the 5 c. value, hand-painted on thick card (66 x 87 mm.) in shades of black, grey and Chinese white; the central vignette placed within the frame. A fine Essay, largely in adopted format but for the circular dots around value being replaced by single lines in the issued stamp. Unique.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,500 CHF

    Lot# : 3689 Salvador

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    1892: Landing of Columbus Issue, Essay by the Hamilton Banknote Co. for the 1 peso value, frame only, hand-painted on thick card (115 x 145 mm.) in shades of grey and black and in pencil. Slight brown marks at top but an extraordinary Essay and unique.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 3690 Salvador

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    1892: Provisional 1 c. in black on 20 c. orange and 1 c. in yellow on 25 c. lake, used on 1892 Printed Circular rate cover to Lima, Peru tied by barred obliterators in black. Reverse with Lima arrival cds (Aug 11). A scarce issue on cover at an unusual rate.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 120 CHF

    Lot# : 3691 Salvador

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    1894: Composite Die Proof for the Liberty designs by the Hamilton Banknote Co. for the 1 cent to the 1 peso values (10), engraved in black on India paper and adhered to card (161 x 83 mm.) with file number '638' below. Rare and most attractive.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 3692 Salvador

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    1894: Liberty 10 c. violet, an unused block of twenty-five (5 x 5) imperforate at top and marginal with part imprint at base, pre-cancelled, used as a Salesman's Sample, the reverse showing nine different Seebeck Advertising Underprints for Cigarettes (three different brands), Adam's Tutti Frutti, Chocolate, Crackers, Beecham's Pills, Pear's Soap and Hood's Sarsaparilla; printed in blue. Rare and most unusual.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 3693 Salvador

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    1894: Provisional 1 c. on 11 c. vermilion block of eight with pair on reverse with additional Jan 1894 1 c. brown pair, used on 1894 cover to San Francisco cancelled by circular 'Star' handstamps with 'San Salvador' cds alongside (Nov 12), and San Francisco arrivals on reverse (Dec 1). A remarkable and early usage of these provisonals (Scott and Gibbons list issue date as December). The block just off the edge of cover with a few perfs. clipped but rare.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 3694 Salvador

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    1895: Coat of Arms issue 1 c. olive, 2 c. dark blue green, 5 c. blue and 10 c. orange used on 1895 cover to Dresden all tied by "Santa Ana" duplexes (Jan 7). Reverse with San Salvador cds (Jan 8), New York 'Foreign Transit' cds (Jan 22) and Dresden arrival. An attractive four colour franking and the earliest recorded usage of this issue on letter.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 3695 Salvador

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    1896: Hamilton Bank Note Co. Master Die Proof of the Volcano and Peace design, engraved in black on thick card (101 x 59 mm.), without Duty Plates at base, numbered '900'. Superb and very rare.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 3696 Salvador

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    1896: Liberty 30 c. bistre-brown (unissued colour, issued in orange), an unused block of twenty-five (5 x 5) imperforate at top and sides, used as a Salesman's Sample, the reverse showing nine different Seebeck Advertising Underprints for Cigarettes (three different brands), Adam's Tutti Frutti, Chocolate, Crackers, Beecham's Pills, Pear's Soap and Hood's Sarsaparilla; printed in blue. Rare and most unusual.
    Starting bid : 175 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 3697 Salvador

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    1896: Hamilton Bank Note Co. Die Proofs (4) for the 2 c. Post Office design, each engraved on India paper (circa 45 x 50 mm.) and numbered '987' at base, printed in unissued colours of blue, red, black and green (issued in lake-red). Rare and most unusual Proofs also utilised for the Postal Stationery issue.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 3698 Salvador

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    1896: Ocean Steamship 10 c. Die Proof by Hamilton Bank Note Co., engraved in vermilion on India paper inset on card (63 x 80 mm.). A fine Proof possibly for the Postal Stationery envelope (issued as 12 c. value). Attractive and scarce.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 140 CHF

    Lot# : 3699 Salvador

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    1896: 5 c. orange (2) and 1897 lithographed Coat of Arms 5 c. rose, gold, blue & green used on 1897 cover to London tie by *"Santa Ana" datestamps in black (March 18). Reverse with New York 'Foreign Transit' cds (April 12) and Manchester arrival cds. A scarce franking: the Cewntral American Federation 5 c. is rare on letter.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 120 CHF

    Lot# : 3700 Salvador

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    1916: National Theatre issue, American Banknote Co. Proofs (10) for all values excluding the 10 c., engraved in black, imperforate on India paper and adhered to cards (6), with one showing the central vignette only, each marginal and with file numbers between 'C-1190 to C-1200' and ABN imprint. Some small imperfections but rare and most attractive.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 3701 Salvador

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    1899: Overprinted and punched Official 13 c. rose, a single example used on 1900 cover to Berlin tied by "Santa Ana" duplex in violet (Nov 12). Reverse with Berlin arrival cds (Dec 154). Small closed cover tear at left but a rare issue on letter.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 3702 Salvador

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    1895: Postage Dues, the American Banknote Co. Master Die Proof and a composite Proof imperforate showing all the issued values, all engraved in carmine, the Master Die numbered '972' at base, the composite Proof on sunken card (149 x 89 mm.). Superb and very rare.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 3703 Salvador

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    1895: Postage Dues, the American Banknote Co. Master Die Proof and a composite sheetlet of eight Proofs imperforate showing all the issued values, all engraved in black on grey India paper adhered to two cards. Slight imperfections to the composite Proof but scarce.
    Starting bid : 175 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 3704 Salvador

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    1896: Locomotive 3 c., American Banknote Co. Die Proofs (6), with frame only Proofs (3) in blue, myrtle green and in red without the central vignette on India paper (36 x 42 mm.) and completed Proofs (3) with the Locomotive inserted in the vignette engraveded in green & vermilion, blue & claret and brown & orange on thick cards (approx 35 x 40 mm.). A delightful group: possibly for the unadopted Postal Stationery.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF
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