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  • Lot# : 674 Bolivia

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    Colonial 1815c.: Cover from La Paz to the Procurator Fiscal in Cuzco rated '2' reales in manuscript, struck with "PAZ" despatch handstamp in red (Tizón fig. 4). Superb strike.rnProvenance: Collection Jaime Ortiz-Patiño.rn 
    Starting bid : 140 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 675 Bolivia

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    Colonial 1820 (July 31): Entire letter from Oruro to Lima with fine strike of "ORURO" despatch handstamp in red (Tizón fig. 2) rated '3½' reales in manuscript. Very fine.rnProvenance: Collection Jaime Ortiz-Patiño.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 140 CHF

    Lot# : 676 Bolivia

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    Colonial 1824: Quarterly report from the Oruro Post Office dated at base December 31, struck at top with perfect strikes of abbreviated / truncated "RTA. DE CORREOS" Nacional "POR EL REY" and "ORURO" handstamps (Colareta figs. 3+4+5, almost certainly taken from this document) at top all in red. A magnificent document in the finest possible condition - and very probably the last such sent with the "POR EL REY" as Bolivia's Independence was secured the following year.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 677 Bolivia

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    1828 (Oct 14): Entire letter from Oruro to Arequipa, Peru with fine "ORURO" straight line of despatch and "2½" handstamps in red, reverse with straight line "PUNO" handstamp in red of transit and rate altered to "3½" (reales) due in manuscript. Fine strikes and opens well for Exhibit display.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 678 Bolivia

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    1835: Entire letter from Tupisa to Cuzco struck with superb "TARIJA" straight line despatch in red (Colareta fig. 1) and large "3½" (reales) rate marking at left. The entire would have taken the Oruro and Potosi route with the 3½ real rate altered to "4" in manuscript on arrival. A charming and rare entire, illustrated in the Colareta handbook on page 209.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 679 Bolivia

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    1843 (Jan 12): Prepaid entire letter from Santa Cruz to Cochabamba struck with superb "FRANCA / STA. CRUZ." in red with manuscript rate '2' reales alongside.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 680 Bolivia

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    1849/50: Matching entire letters (2) with earlier entire to Tacna struck with fine framed "ORURO" despatch in red sent unpaid and charged "3½" reales in pencil manuscript, 1850 entire prepaid to Sucre with framed "ORURO" and "FRANCA" and rate mark "2" all struck in blue.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 120 CHF

    Lot# : 681 Bolivia

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    1850c.: Outer letter sheet to Valparaiso struck with octagonal framed "PSNC / COBIJA" in black with Cobija sender's cachet at right, charged '45' centavos in red due on arrival. Scarce.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 682 Bolivia

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    1861: Double rate cover from Lamar to Strasbourg endorsed 'par Panama', struck with scarce circular "LAMAR / FRANCA" in blue, three line PANAMA / TRANSIT in black (May 22), thence via London with framed "GB / 2F 87½c." accountancy marking in black and London cds on reverse (June 12). Weighed at '9' grams and charged '36' décimes due on manuscript on arrival. A scarce and attractive cover. Signed Baudot.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 683 Bolivia

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    1864 (Feb 25): Prepaid double rate cover from Cobija, Bolivia to Valparaiso rated '2' reales in manuscript for payment to the Port with circular "LAMAR / FRANCA" struck in green, taxed on arrival in Valparaiso with large '25' (centavos) handstamp in red for double rate (2 x 10 c. + 5 c.).
    Starting bid : 140 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 684 Bolivia

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    1876: Prepaid cover front from La Chimba (later Antofagasta) to Montevideo via Magellan Straits, struck with "CORREOS DE BOLIVIA / LA CHIMBA / ABRIL 30 76", intaglio oval "CORREOS DE LA CHIMBA / BOLIVIA" with Steamer vignette and oval "CANCELLADO" all in blue - the sole, unique example of all three handstamps applied to the same cover - with Montevideo arrival (June 5) in black and tax mark "10" to pay. Exceptional and very rare.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 685 Bolivia

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    1877: Prepaid cover from La Chimba (later Antofagasta) to Valparaiso endorsed "per Vapor Rimac", struck with fine "FRANCA" and intaglio oval "CORREOS DE LA CHIMBA / BOLIVIA" in blue with Steamer vignette. Reverse with Valparaiso arrival cds (Oct 27). A fresh and very fine cover.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 686 Bolivia

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    1877: Prepaid cover from La Chimba (later Antofagasta) to the 'Chilean Times' in Valparaiso endorsed "Vapor Colombia", struck with "FRANCA" and intaglio oval "CORREOS DE LA CHIMBA / BOLIVIA" in blue with Steamer vignette. Reverse with Valparaiso arrival cds (Nov 20). Minor edge wear but scarce.
    Starting bid : 175 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 687 Bolivia

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    1878: Mourning envelope prepaid from Antofagasta to Valparaiso endorsed "Urgente", struck with two fine strikes of fanvy framed "Franca" and octagonal framed "10c. CORREO / 10c. ANTOFAGASTA" all in blue. Reverse with Valparaiso arrival cds (Jan 9, 1878). Small closed tear at base of envelope but rare and most appealing.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 688 Bolivia

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    Colonial 1795c/1810: The pre-stamp selection (6)  with 1800c. cover to Lima with "POTOSI" straight line in red (Tizón fig. 1), and a further fine strike on front to Paz with rare Official "♚" circular handstamp (Tizón fig. 9), 1810 Colonial cover to Buenos Ayres rated '3' with italic "POTOSI" in red (Tizón fig. 3), and a matching 1810 entire prepaid to Buenos Ayres with "POTOSI" in red with "FRANCA" (Tizón figs. 3+7), 1820 cover to La Plata prepaid with "FRANCA" and "COCHABAMBA" in red (Tizón figs. 1+4) and same despatch strike on entire to Cuzco. Generally fair to very fine, a rare group.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 350 CHF

    Lot# : 689 Bolivia

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    1828/33: Printed postal documents (5), with manuscript detailing of revenue accrued from letters, packets and registered mail sent from Chiquisaca to Lima (1828) and to Tacna (1833); and further examples, all dated 1833 concerning mail to Lima, from Cochabamba, La Paz and Potosi. An unusual and interesting group.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 690 Bolivia

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    1859/66: Entire letters (2) to Cobija, Bolivia with 1859 entire endorsed "pr. Asia via New York" and struck with "24" (cents" handstamp in red and '34' in pencil manuscript for onward transmission with British P.O. "PANAMA" transit (Aug 2) in black; and an attractive cover from Paris to Cobija with France 1862 20 c. blue and 80 c. red tied by Paris Stars "4", via London and Panama (May 9) with British P.O. "COBIJA" arrival cds on obverse (May 24). Small file folds but a scarce duo.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 691 Bolivia

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    PSNC 1868: Entire letter from La Paz to Arequipa, Peru, endorsed "Por Vapor", franked by 1866/68 Condor 10 c. deep brown, two examples, positions 5 and 6 on the plate, with large margins all round, in a rich shade, tied by "CORREOS DE LA PAZ / RB" datestamp in black (Jan 16). Reverse with "Tacna" transit cds (Jan 22), thence to Arica and by PSNC Steamer to Islay and overland to Arequipa; where charged "10 cs." due in manuscript. An oustanding franking - the 10 c. brown was only ever used in La Paz - and one of just two covers known franked thus and carried by the Pacific Steam Navigation Co. Illustrated in Edition D'Or 59 on page 204. Exceptional in all respects, a great rarity. Signed Calves. Certs. RPSL (1962), Philatelic Foundation (1994).rnProvenance: Corinphila sale 90, 24-29 Oct 1994, lot 6243; Collection Erivan Haub, Köhler / Corinphila, Stockholm, 1 June 2019, lot 567.
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,600 CHF

    Lot# : 692 Bolivia

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    PSNC & RMSP 1876 (Sept 24): Cover from La Chimba (Antofagusta) to Berlin, printed endorsement "Per Steamer via Panama" at top, franked by Great Britain 1865/73 4 d. vermilion pl. 14 in a horizontal pair, tied by intaglio "CORREOS DE LA CHIMBA / BOLIVIA" oval in greenish-blue, with twqo further strikes of fancy framed "CANCELADO" in same ink at right, showing the cover to be prepaid on despatch (and probably adhesive stamps had run short), Great Britain 1874/80 6 d. grey pl. 15 pair applied and tied by fair "C39" obliterator in black at Cobija, overpaying the 1/7½ d. rate by a penny. Carried on PSNC Steamer to Panama and thence on the RMSP "Don" to Plymouth. London / Paid transit in red and reverse with arrival (Jan 11). One of only two recorded covers with the La Chimba oval cancelling British stamps (both were in the Dale-Lichtenstein collection), Nissen provenance notation on reverse in pencil. Faults to envelope but a remarkable and exotic franking. Illustrated in Edition D'Or 59 on page 205. Cert. RPSL (1969).rnProvenance: Charles Nissen (1923-24); Collection Louise Boyd Dale & Alfred F. Lichtenstein, Harmers, NY, 17-18 Feb 1969, lot 286; Collecction Jaime Ortiz-Patiño, Spink-Shreves, New York, 5 March 2008, lot 2050; Collection 'Severn', DF, Geneva, 14 April 2010, lot 21028.
    Starting bid : 8,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 693 Bolivia

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    1925 (Aug 11): "First flight from Cochabamba to ORURO", Airmail 50 c. orange unused horizontal pair with green handstamped surcharge with large part og. together two unused examples with normal example with hyphens between date, corner bend, second example unused but with two dots instead of the second hyphen in date, without gum. The stamps were handstamped in strips of ten (thus no blocks exist). Just 600 examples surcharged, scarce Sanabria 2.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 694 Bolivia

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    1935 (Feb 1) : Airmail 5c. to 10b. 'Map of Bolivia' issue (and showing the disputed Chaco boundary), American Banknote Co. complete set of sunken Die Proofs (10) with bevilled corners (95 x 110 mm.), completed designs in issued colours on thick card with ABN imprint and file numbers at top in colours of the stamp; fresh and very fine. Rare.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold
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