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Lot# : 648 Ecuador
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1800/1845c.: The large collection from Colonial period onwards with covers/fronts (43), with 1816c. cover to Quito rated "16" reales with oval "REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIA / LATACUNGA / FRANCA" in red, 1835 entire to Popayan rated "4" with "GUAIAQUIL / DEVE" in red, 1844/1849 entires (3) with "GUAYAQUIL / DEBE" in red, 1848 cover from Ambato with fine "FRANCA" and an 1848 cover and a front with "AMBATO / FRANCA" in red, prepaid covers or fronts from Alausi, Bolivar (with prepaid covers in red and blue), Cuenca, Guano, Guaranda, Ibarra, Latacunga (three with fine strikes), Otavalo (2, one in blue), Quito with prepaid marking in red and two "QUITO / DEBE" items in blue, Tulcan, and 1865 cover with framed "DE OFICIO" in black, incl. an 1835 printed form ex the Guayaquil Post Office detailing a letter to Paita. Many strikes very fine, a superb basis for continuation in this fascinating field.Starting bid : 850 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 649 Ecuador
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Issued Stamps 1871 (1 June): Double rate Entire letter from Guayaquil to Lima, belonging to the famous Chavez correspondence bearing two single examples of ½ r. greyish blue from a dry print run and three single examples of 1 r. olive-yellow, all cut intentionally narrow with one 1 reales adhesive cut in twice, tied by three clear strikes of FRANCA handstamp, reverse with light LIMA arrival (8 June) cds. A rare and unusual cover, the franking paying correct the 4 reales double rate to Lima.Starting bid : 6,000 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 650 Ecuador
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1873 (21 Feb): Cover from Guayaquil to Trujillo, Peru, this being a most unusual destination within this foreign country, franked at 2 reales single external rate within America, bearing 1 r. yellow-buff from the third period of printing in combination of identical denomination but different colour with 1 r. green, tied by crisp FRANCA dotted lozenge and GUAYAQUIL despatch cds. A late usage in 1873, only four covers are known with this combination franking in the issued colours of yellow and green. Signed Lamy.rnProvenance: Collection Fiorenzo Longhi.Starting bid : 7,500 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 651 Ecuador
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1870/72: 1 real deep yellow on medium white wove paper, a fine unused block of 25, sheet margins with marginal framelines cut away, positions 46-50/82-86, with position 64 with "Indented Left Vertical Frameline" flaw and position 66 with "Diagonal Scratch from Centre Circle to Base" Plate flaw. The multiple shows insect bite at right of position 76, nevertheless of fresh colour and large part or unmounted og. Signed Bühler.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 500 CHFLot# : 652 Ecuador
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1870 (Nov.): Double weight cover carried at parcel rate from Chimbo to Riobamba bearing 1 r. yellow-buff, tied by manuscript "Chim-bo" in ink. A rare handwritten cancellation from Chimbo as from 1869 two fancy cancels had been in use.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 653 Ecuador
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1871 (26 Aug): Large cloth used for jurdicial correspondence and carried from Riobamba to Quito, bearing 4 r. pale rose in block of 17 originating from positions 49 / 59-62 / 72-75 / 85-88 / 98-101 from the base of sheet, together with 1 r. yellow-buff, tied by second type cds of RIOBAMBA, overpaying by ½ r. the 34½ ounces noted in manuscript. The cloth was was reused four days later and adressed back from Quito to Riobamba by applying 4 r. scarlet, a strip of three and a single, ½ r. blue and 1 r. yellow-buff, thus making up an infrequent three-colour franking including the 4 reales, all tied by QUITO cds in red.rnNote: The largest multiple known, in used condition, of the scarcest first issue value. The largest recorded franking in the classic period of Ecuador. Presumably, the most important item of Ecuadorean postal history and philately.rnProvenance: Collection Fiorenzo Longhi.Starting bid : 60,000 CHFHammer price : not sold -
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