375th Auction

1868, Embossed Coat of arms 1d. green, fresh colour and good margins on three sides tied by cds. "(LIMA) 16 AGO 71" to envelope letter to Verolanova with octogonal "PANAMA PAQ. FR. A. No 1 1 SEPT 71" and three line "PANAMA 30 AU 1871 TRANSIT" alongside, upon arrival charged "14" decimes thus postage due two singles 40c. and single 60c. applied and tied by cds., postage due with faults, attractive and scarce

1868, Embossed Coat of arms 1d. green, fresh colour and good margins on three sides tied by cds. "TACNA 8 FEBRO 73" to envelope to Bologna, upon arrival charged "23" decimes thus postage due 30c. and pair of 1l. applied and tied by cds., despite some faults a scarce entire

1870, folded letter dated "Valparaiso 30 Nov 1870"  via Gibraltar with blue oval Forwarder Agents cachet "BERLINGIERI & Co GIBRALTAR" alongside to Genoa, with two disinfection slits, upon arrival charged "7" decimes thus 1869 postage due 10c. and postage due 1870 60c. applied and tied by cds., a most unusual and appealing entire

1874, Coat of arms 10c. green tied by barred "C38" of British P.O. at Callao to opened out double-weight envelope to Genoa, upon arrival charged "46" decimes thus postage due 60c. and two pairs of 1l. applied and tied by cds., postage due some faults, yet an interesting and fine cover

1874, Coat of arms 10c. green and Great Britain 1858 1d. red, 1870 ½d. red and 1873 1sh. green, all tied by three strikes of barred "C38" of British P.O. at Callao to envelope to Genoa with "LONDON PAID" alongside, ageing and usual transportation marks

1874, Coat of arms 10c. green tied by mute oval cancel to envelope endorsed "Via de Panama - Southampton" to Picerno with two line accountancy mark "T 1-70" alongside, upon arrival charged "23" decimes thus postage due single 30c. and pair 40c. and two singles 60c. added and tied by tied, some adhesive tape marks, ageing and envelope some faults, scarce

1855/63, Victor Emanuel II. 10c. yellow-brown, 20c. blue, 40c. carmine and 80 c. yellow, fresh colour and mostly good margins, all tied by cds. "GENOVA 27 AGO 58" to folded lettersheet via Culoz, Paris and Panama to Lima, 40c. damaged, a beautiful and scarce four-colour franking, signed E. Diena with certificate (1985) and certificate Vaccary (2003)

1871, folded letter dated "San Juan Febrero 10 1871" via British PO with cds. "PUERTO-RICO FE 10 71" to Genoa with blue straight-line "VIA DE YNGLATERRA" alongside, upon arrival charged "15" thus postage due 50c. and 1l. applied and tied by cds., adhesives small faults, otherwise a fine entire

1851, Britannica 1d. red-brown, fresh colour tied by numeral "1" to folded lettersheet via London and Calais to Naples with red oval "A FRANCA" and "P-D." and manuscript markings "3'6" in London with 1s8d. to London and 1s.10d. for foreign transit, adhesive and letter with small imperfection, a very attractive and rare cover  

1856, folded letter dated "Monte Video 30 Maggio 1856" via England, Calais and Nizza to Albenga with good strikes of red boxed "COLONIES / ART-18" and straight-line "VIA DE NIZZA" alongside, upcon arrival charged "17" decimes, fine

1857, folded lettersheet from dated "Montevideo 24 Avril" and endorsed "pr Steamer Sarde" addressed to Bordeaux with good strike of boxed "Vapori transatl." alongside, charged 16 dec. upon arrival, small adhesive tape trace, otherwise fine

1862, Napoléon lauré 40c. orange and 80c. carmine tied by "dotted ancre" to envelope via Bordeaux and Milano to Bellagio with octogonal "MONTEVIDEO * 1 JUIL 70" alongside, overall toning and some tears in the envelope, scarce

1862, folded letter dated "Montevideo 15 Agesto 1865" via Bordeaux with octogonal "URUGUAY CARMEL 15 AOUT 65" alongside to Genoa, charged "10" decimes upon arrival, fine

1862, folded letter dated "Montevideo 26 ybre 1862" endorsed "Jul Packette France" via Rio and Bordeaux with octogonal "URUGUAY SAINTONGE 17 SEPT 62" and red cds. "BRESIL BORDEAUX 21 OCT 62" alongside to Mioglia, charged "10" decimes upon arrival, fine

1866, Numeral 5c. blue, two singles tied by barred cancel "B" to completely backed folded lettersheet via Liverpool and London to Genoa, charged with "15" decimes thus postage due 50c. and 1l. applied and tied by cds., postage due some faults, despite faults an attractive entire with unusual tax

1866, folded lettersheet from with oval "ADW.. DE CORREOS MONTEVIDEO 6 FEBRERO 1866" to Sestri Levante, reverse with rare cds. "CARMEL * 6 FEVR 66" (Salle fig. 1033), charged "10" decimes upon arrival

1866, Numerals 5c. blue tied by barred cancel to small envelope to Macerata with red octogonal "BUENOS-AYRES PAQ. FR. J NO 6 26 NOV 75" alongside, struck unintentionally than corrected with red octogonal "MONTEVIDEO PAQ. FR. No 6 26 NOV 75", upon arrival charged with "10" decimes thus postage due 1l. applied and tied by cds., envelope some faults, otherwise a fine and attractive cover, signed E. Diena

1866, Numerals 10c. green tied by barred cancel to envelope to Genoa, with scarce boxed blue "F.*56" and cds. "OUTREMER VOIE D'ANGL. 18 AVRIL 73" alongside, upon arrival charged "10" thus postage due 1l. applied and tied by cds., a scarce and very attractive entire  

1866, Numerals 10c. green tied by cds. "MONTEVIDEO 27 FEB 76" to folded lettersheet to Genoa with red octogonal "MONTEVIDEO PAQ. FR. J. No 6 27 FEVR 76" alongside, charges "14" decime upon arrival thus postage due 40c. and 1l. applied and tied by cds., fine and attractive entire

1866, Numerals 10c. green tied by blue barred cancel with adjacent cds. "CORREO MONTEVIDEO 27 OCT 74" to double weight folded letter endorsed "p. Gironde" to Genoa with adjacent octogonal "MONTEVIDEO PAQ. FR. J No. 5 27 OCT 74", upon arrival charged with "20" decimes, postage due stamp missing, otherwise fine

1871, folded double weight letter dated "Parana 13 Mayo 1871" to Genoa with octogonal "MONTEVIDEO PAQ. FR. J NO. 2 31 MAI 71" alongside, upon arrival charged "20" decimes thus postage due 2l., few short perfs, applied and tied by cds., a very fine and attractive cover directly handed over to the ship, signed E. Diena

1874, Numerals 10c. green paying the local postage tied by barred numeral "12" to folded lettersheet to Torino, charged "9" d. and  postage due 30 and 60 c. applied with adjacent two-line "Da Montevideo coi Postali Italiani", disinfection slits, postage due some short perforation, some light toning, otherwise a fine and attractive entire  

1874, Numerals 10c. green, vertical pair tied by barred oval and cds. "CORREOS MONTEVIDEO..." to double weight folded letter endorsed "Pr. Europa" to Genoa with good strike of two-line "Da Montevideo coi Postali Italiani" alongside, upon arrival charged "18" decimes thus postage due 40c. vertical pair and single 1l. applied and tied by cds., fold through two postage due adhesives, a fine and attractive entire

1874, Numerals 10c. green tied by barred oval with adjacent cds. "CORREO MONTEVIDEO 1 OCT 72" to folded letter to Genoa, with scarce boxed "F.*56" alongside, upon arrival charged "10" decimes thus postage due 1l. applied and tied by cds., fine

1877, Numerals 10c. red, four singles tied by barred "G" to reverse of opened out cover from Montevideo endorsed "Pr. Str. La France" to Genoa, upon arrival charged with "39" decimes thus postage due 30 and 60c. and horizontal pair and single 1l. applied and tied by cds., few wrinkles and one 1l. small paper fault, otherwise an attractive and scarce cover

1877, Numerals 10c. brick-red paying the local postage tied by cds "CORREOS MONTEVIDEO 6 JUNIO 77" to envelope to Genoa, taxed "10" d. and postage due 1l. applied with adjacent two-line "Da Montevideo coi Postali Italiani", 1l. few short perforations, a fine and scarce entire. In addition a cover from Argentina with two-line "Da Buenos Aires coi Postali Italiani" and postage due 30 and 60c., this cover with ageing in part torn away

1877, Numerals 5c. green and 10c. brick-red tied by barred numeral "51" to, slightly shortened, postal stationery envelope 5c. to Genoa, upon arrival charged "13" decimes thus postage due 30c. and 1l. applied and tied by cds., the 1l. cut, small tear in envelope, otherwise a fine and unusual entire

1877, Numerals 10c. brick-red paying the local rate tied by barred "A" to envelope to Genoa, taxed "4" d. and postage due 10 and 30c. applied, with good very clear strike of handstamp "con Bastim Mercant." alongside, slightly toned, small corner part of envelope missing, scarce

1877, Numerals 10c. brick-red tied by barred numeral to cover to Genoa, taxed "80" and upon arrival charged "14" thus postage due 40c. and 1l. applied and tied by cds., minor ageing, 40c. small corner fault, otherwise a fine and attractive cover, signed E. Diena  

1877, Numerals 20c. yellowish-brown tied by barred "G" to envelope to Genoa with red "PAYS ETR. ANG /BORDEAUX 29 DEC 79" and tax "8" alongside, upon arrival charged "13" decimes thus postage due 30c. and 1l. applied and tied by cds., postage due 1l. faults and some minor ageing, otherwise fine

1877, Numerals 20c. brown tied by barred "A" to cover endorsed "pr Plato" to Genoa, with two line "T 1-10" alongside, upon arrival charged "17" decimes thus postage due 10 and 60c. and 1l. applied and tied by cds., postage due some imperfections, otherwise a fine entire

1863, Victor Emanuel II. 60c. lilac and two singles 20c. blue tied by dotted numeral "159" with adjacent cds. "BOGLIASCO 3 SEZ 70" to envelope via Paris and London to Montevideo with boxed "18 CENTimos" alongside, two stamps affixed around the envelope, a fine and attractive cover

1863, Victor Emanuel II. 40c. carmine and vertical pair 60c. violet tied by dotted numeral with adjacent cds. "COMO 25 FEB 75" to folded letter to La Guayra, in addition Venezuela 1880 Bolivar 25c. yellow tied by cds. to folded lettersheet to Naples, the latter with small punch hole at left, otherwise fine

1874, unpaid folded letter dated "Maracaibo Novembre 6/74" endorsed "Pr. Hamburg-American Steamship Company" to Genoa, upon arrival charged "24" thus postage due 40c. and vertical pair 1.l applied and tied by cds., fine

1876, Sage 25c. blue and 75c. carmine-red tied by red octogonal "VENEZUELA PAQ. FR. AN 3" to envelope to Genoa, 25c. applied at edge and some overall toning, otherwise fine and attractive

1876, Sage 1 fr. olive tied by octogonal consular cancel "LA GUAYRA 7 JANV 78" to envelope to Genoa, fine