5 c. rose brown, horizontal strip of 7 with ample to mostly large margins and parts of 5 neighbour stamps, and single copy, tied by target cancels to letter sheet with adjacent clear red “SANTIAGO 6 AGTO 51” to Valparaiso; correctly prepaid for the letter up to 2 ounces. An exceptional and rare franking of great beauty, showing the only recorded strip of seven of this stamp on cover. Certificate Philatelic Foundation (1997) (Scott3)
Provenance: Jean Dupont (Balasse 1981) ‘Islander' (Corinphila 1996)
