334 / September 2008

1814, 'COTAGAITA', red straight-line on cover front to Potosi, fine

1821, 'GUARMEY', red straight-line on entire letter to Patibilca, little ink corrosion, folded but still good appearance

"HVANVCO" and 'FRANCA', red straight-lines on cover front to Lima, little ink corrosion, good appearance

"TACNA", black straight-line on entire letter to Arequipa, fine

1831, 'CHUQUISACA' and 'FRANCA', red straight-lines on entire letter to Arequipa, fine

"LAMPA", red straight-line on cover front to Cuzco, fine

1837, 'LAMBAYEQUE', red straight-line on entire letter to Trujillo, folded in the middle and somewhat stained, otherwise fine

1840, 'CHIC' and 'FRANCA', red straight-lines on cover front to Trujillo, fine appearance

"CHIC", red straight-line on cover front to Cajamarca, folded in the middle and somewhat stained, otherwise fine

1851, boxed fancy mark 'CALLAO' in blue and black on two entire letters to Tacna and Arequipa, fine

"JAVIA" and 'FRANCA', black straight-lines on entire letter to Lima, folded in the middle, fine

LIMA' and boxed '2 1/2 Rs' in red on cover front to Gerauna, some ink corrosions, still good appearance

1857, 'YUNGAY', black straight-line on entire letter to Lima, folded in the middle, otherwise fine

1860, 1 d. blue, large margins all around, used on entire letter with adjacent straight line "TRUJILLO" to Lambayeque, some termite holes not effecting the stamp, fine

1862, 1 d. red, good to large margins, tied by cds. "LIMA 3 AGO 63" to entire letter to Lambayeque, very fine

1950, air mail 8-16 y. unhinged mint, fine (Mi. 240,-)

1916, "FEE PAID", black straight-line on censored envelope from "MEKKE 12 8 16" to Tunis and returned with several transit and arrival marks on front and reverse; usual age- and transportation marks, very scarce with such early date (v.Uexkull type B)

"FEE PAID", octagonal marking with "Postage Paid" on top, good strike with adjacent date stamp on cover to Djedda with arrival mark; rare (v.Uexkull type G)

all Arabic postmark "Fee Paid (Number)" with dotted lines, good strike on envelope with adjacent octagonal "MEKKE 3/20 8 16" to Jedda with arrival mark on reverse, folded, but very scarce; v.Uexkull type D

"FEE PAID", straight-line with ornaments on cover with reverse side date stamp "DJEDDAH 21 9 16" and censor mark on front; envelope back flap missing and somewhat reduced in size at top, scarce (v.Uexkull type K)

1917, "Fee Paid", octagonal marking with 4 sections with "Mecca" on top on cover (reduced in size at top by opening) with adjacent Mecca date stamp to Djeddah with arrival mark, very scarce (v.Uexkull type H)

POSTAGE DUE STAMPS: 1924, 1/2-2 pi., cpl. set, unused without gum, smoked look as usual, 1 pi. perf missing at right, otherwise a fine and very scarce set

INCOMING MAIL: 1928, "DJEDDAH" in blue resp. black as arrival mark on two covers from Great Britain, franked with George 1 d. red and 1½ d. brown, fine

1926, 5 pia. red-brown, 10 pia lilac-brown, two horizontal pairs ¼ g green and horizontal pair 1¾ g blue tied by cds. "MECQUE 23.7.33" to cover to Batavia, reverse with transit and arrival mark, despite small imperfections a rare cover

1921, "VALOR 10 Centavos" on 50 c., type II, tied by oval "GIRARDOT" and violet "NAVEGACION AEREA"/"NEIVA" to cover with Colombia 1/2 c., strip of 6 with boxed red "BOGOTA/NOV 16 1921" to Bogota, very fine

"10 Centavos" on 50 c. with upper sheet margin and error "Vaolr", tied by oval "GIRARDOT" to cover with Colombia 1 and 2 c. with boxed "NEIVA" to Neiva (Mi. without price)

"Valor 30 Centavos" on 50 c., type I, from the lower sheet margin with Colombia 3 c., tied by red 'BARRANQUILLA 25.1.1923' cds. to cover to Bogota, fine

CONSULAR STAMPS: GERMANY: 'A', black handstamp on 10, 20, 30 und 50 C. all in blocks of 4, unused with the usual gum disturbance, 20·C. few short purfs, otherwise fine

"A" on 5 (small "A"), 10, 15 c. and register stamp 20 c. together with Germany 5 and 50 Pfg., all cancelled "KÖLN-FLUGHAFEN 28.11.27" on registered cover to Bogota; the cover shows on front a red boxed 'OFL./CORREO AEREO' handstamp and on reverse transit and arrival marks, very fine

"A" on 30 c. with Germany 10 c. (strip of 3), all tied by "HAMBURG 4.12.24" machine cancellation resp. handstamp to a little unfresh cover with green label "Barranquilla-Neiva" to Bogota with arrival mark

Issue for Ecuador: 1929, 50 c.-25 s. incl. registered stamp cpl. in blocks of 4 with sheet margins, unused with usual gum, fine

1934, 10 Years Republic 0,10-100 p. cpl., unused, fine (photo see www)

1940, Landscape 0,25-50 p. cpl. in imperforated pairs, unhinged mint, fine

1942, 1 Year Independence, souvenir sheets 6, 10 and 15 p., ungummed as issued, fine

1945, Constitutional Governement, 13 souvenir sheets, all mint unhingend, three sheets some small imperfections, otherwise fine and scarce set

1949, Landscape 5-25 p. cpl., each as imperforated strip of four with sheet margin, unhinged mint