366. Auktion März 2018

1861/62, Last London printing 10 centavos blue, block of 4 with large margins and part of 2 neighbour stamps at right, used with "CANCELLED" marking, very fine, opinion Maier BPP (Especializado 11)

1866/67, Last printing 5 centavos rose-red, tied by star cancel to cover with original contents with adjacent clear "ADMINISTRACION P. DE CORREOS VALPARAISO 10 FEBR. 68" to Santiago; on reverse somewhat roughly opened and part of backflap missing, fine and scarce handstamp

1866/67, Last printing 5 centavos red, just cut-into at top, otherwise clear to large margins, tied to cover with adjacent "TALCA 15 DUC, 66" to envelope to Paris with accountancy mark "GB 1F 90c", taxed in France with "12" decimes; a fine cover, the stamp only paying the coastal shipping charge, certificate Maier BPP (2018) (Especializado 13)

Stamps used fiscally: Collection on 3 exhibition pages with 2 documents and 17 stamps including strip of 4

HAHN reprints: Collection on 4 exhibition pages with a total of 76 stamps including 2 overprint strips of 3, 6 blocks of 4 in different colours, block of 6 and block of 25; a fine and interesting group

1867, American Bank Note issue, composite die proof of 1 c. and 5 c. printed in black on sunken card; dies numbers 323A and 323B, very fine and rare Provenance: Dr. Siebel (332. Köhler-Auktion 2008)

1 centavo-20 centavos, the complete set as imperforated plate proofs in issued colours on India paper, very fine

Imperforated plate proofs on card of 1 centavo (2), 5 centavos (3), 10 centavos (2) and 20 centavos (2)

20 centavos, perforated colour proofs in black, olive-green (2 clipped perfs) and blue on blue paper, fine and scarce

1 centavo with cork cancel and tied by clear red "VALPARAISO 5 DEC. 75" to local printed matter wrapper, fine and scarce, signed Todd AIEP

1 centavo orange and horizontal pair 2 centavos black, tied to envelope endorsed "Por vapor" from "CARRIZAL-ALTO 28 ENERO 76" to Coquimbo; the envelope somewhat roughly opened with small tear on front and small parts of back flap missing, still a fine and scarce franking

2 centavos black, tied by cork cancel to formular card with adjacent red "VALPARAISO 22 JUN. 72" to Santiago, very fine

2 centavos black in horizontal pair, tied by cork cancel to double rate lettersheet with adjacent "QUILLOTA 20 SET. 76" to La Calera; a fine and rare multiple franking of this stamp, signed Todd AIEP

2 centavos black, 3 copies with cork cancel and adjacent red "VALPARAISO 28 MZO 74" on mourning cover to Santiago, overfranked by 1 centavo; an attractive and scarce franking

5 centavos red tied by cork cancel to lettersheet with adjacent red "SALAMANCA/EST." to Santiago, fine

5 centavos red with cork cancel and tied by black "LINDEROS/EST." to small envelope to Valparaiso; small part of backflap missing, otherwise very fine

5 centavos, 2 copies, tied by cork cancel to lettersheet from Valparaiso 1868 without dispatch mark to Arequipa, Peru with arrival mark of October 23; a fine cover to abroad

5 centavos red, 4 horizontal pairs, tied by cork cancel to overweight lettersheet from Santiago 1868 to Valparaiso; one sideflap missing and some minor age wear; an attractive and scarce multiple franking

5 centavos and 10 centavos blue, tied to lettersheet endorsed "p. Vap. 'Peru'" from "CONCEPCION 8 FEB. 73" to Valparaiso; the rate paid a letter under ½ ounce plus 5 centavos coastal shipping fee

20 centavos green and 5 centavos red (small perforation faults) tied by experimental duplex "VALPARAISO MAY 2" (used between October 1876 and February 1878) to cover endorsed "Via Panama y Hamburg" to Germany, franked according to the postal treaty with Germany effective from January 1st 1875; only a few of these treaty mail covers have been recorded

1 centavo-20 centavos, group of used stamps including 41 with different postmarks with 1 centavo (11) and 2 centavos (5), also some fiscal usages and a set of Spiro forgeries; a nice group

10 centavos blue, block of 80, fiscally used with pen cancellation stuck on paper; few stamps with marginal faults, a fine and scarce multiple

1 centavo, die proof in black on sunken card, small damage in the outer margin only (Selchi P16)

2 centavos, die proof in bright orange on sunken card, very fine (Selchi P16)

5 centavos deep carmine-lake, die proof on sunken card, very fine (Selchi P16)

10 centavos blue, die proof on sunken card, very fine (Selchi P16)

20 centavos green, die proof on sunken card, very fine (Selchi P16)

1877, Rouletted banknote issue 1 centavo-20 centavos, imperforated plate proofs in issued colours, some minor thins, still fine and scarce (Selchi P17)

1 centavo grey, tied by cds. "TALCA 1 ENERO 83" to printed matter lettersheet to Valparaiso, very fine

1 centavo grey in horizontal strip of 5, tied by "PENGO / EST." estafeta cancellation to entire letter to Concepcion; slightly weak in the folds, otherwise fine, a scarce franking

1 centavo grey and 2 centavos orange, tied by cds. "RENGO 25 FEB. 79" to lettersheet with large part of text to Viña del mar; a fine and scarce franking of this issue

1 centavo grey, 5 copies including 2 with imprint, tied by clear cds. "CAUQUENES 13 SET 1881" to front and reverse of postal stationery envelope 5 centavos via France to Constantinople with transit and arrival marks; one stamp applied with marginal tear, otherwise very fine and attractive

2 centavos orange, tied by clear "COPIAPO 18 FEB. 79" to yellow cover to Lomas Bayas; fine intra-departmental letter rate

5 centavos carmine, horizontal pair with part of imprint, used with cork cancel and tied by violet crayon to envelope with adjacent violet "SANTIAGO 5 JUN. 78" to Italy with frontside "PANAMA / 28 JU 1873 / TRANSIT" and red octagonal "PANAMA PAQ. FR. A No 2"; in Italy the cover was taxed and postage due stamps with a total of 70 centesimi applied; small part of envelope missing at top due to opening and some minor creasing; an attractive and scarce cover

10 centavos greenish-blue, 3 copies tied by cds. "VALPARAISO 28 JUN. 81" to registered envelope with small register label to Paris with transit and arrival marks; small opening faults, otherwise fine

20 centavos green and 2 copies 1 centavo grey, tied by cds. "VALPARAISO 15 JUN 81" to double rate cover endorsed "Via Panama" to Genova, Italy with arrival mark; the cover is correctly franked with 20 centavos double foreign letter fee plus 2 centavos Panama transit, fine and scarce