Los-Nr. 6107

1860, folded letter from Paris to Guayaquil, Ecuador, franked with 1853 20 c blue horizontal pair, shaved to huge margins with portions of adjoining stamps at top and base, and 80c carmine horizontal strip of four with margins all round, Paris despatch c.d.s. (31 Jul),  'London / Paid' transit in red (1 Aug), endorsed "Voie de Panama" with blue straight-line,  carried on the Royal Mail Steam Packet ship "Shannon" to St. Thomas, thence via the "Solent" to Colon, struck with "PANAMA" double arc cds in black (22 Aug) and thence via Pacific Steam Navigation Co. steamer from to Guayaquil, large portion torn from upper portion of reverse of outer sheet, light fold clear of adhesives, an attractive and scarce entire, with 1997 Von der Weid certificate; ex Santos, “Mont Blanc.”