378th Auction
21-26 March 2022 in Wiesbaden
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6Catalogue no.3
1858, 1st issue 1 d. blue with good to large margins, tied by dotted "1-Lima-2" to letter sheet from Lima to Genoa, Italy, carried direct and charged on arrival with manuscript "30" centesimi.
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6Catalogue no.6
1858, 2nd issue 1 d. blue with clear to large margins, tied by dotted "PASCO" with adjacent fancy "PASCO" to letter sheet to Lima
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6Catalogue no.7
1 pes. rose-red, horizontal pair with large margins, tied by dotted "AREQ" to double rate lettersheet 1860 to Lima with manuscript "per Correo y Vapor", very fine, certificate Moorhouse (2010)
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6Catalogue no.7
1 pes. rose-red, 2 copies with ample to very large margins, tied by dotted "TRUX" to double rate lettersheet 1859 to Lima; small hole in the cover face, otherwise very fine, certificate Moorhouse (2010)
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6Catalogue no.7
1 pes. rose-red, good to mostly large margins, tied by blue boxed "CALAO VAPOR" to letter sheet 1859 to Chincha alta, fine, signed A. Diena
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6Catalogue no.7
1 pes. rose-red, tied by dotted "Lima" to entire letter, dated December 7, to Trujillo. Nice and fine entire with early date. Signed Holcombe.
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6Catalogue no.7
1 pes. rose-red, good to large margins, tied by blue dotted "CALLAO" to entire letter1859 to Islay with manuscript "Vapor 28/2/59", very fine
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6Catalogue no.7
1 pes. rose-red, good to mostly large margins, tied by blue dotted "AREQ" to entire letter1859 to Islay, very fine, signed Todd
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6Catalogue no.11
1862, 1 pes. brown with clear to mostly large margins, tied by Tacna cds. to entire letter to Cochabamba, Bolivia, very fine and fresh. A scarce entire.
Provenance: E.M. de Bustamante (David Feldman auction 1999)
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6Catalogue no.11
1862, 1 pes. brown with clear to very large margins, tied by Lima cds. to entire letter to Cochabamba, Bolivia, with adjacent manuscript "Via Tacna" and "p. Vapor". A scarce and fine entire.
1871, folded lettersheet endorsed "Via Panama by North German Lloyds Steamer Graf Bismarck", franked with Peru 1868 Coat or Arms 1d. yellow-green, close to good margins, tied by cds. "LIMA 18 JUN 1871". Carried by British ships to Panama, then overland to Colon on the Caribbean side, where the NDL Steamer took over the mail as "British Closed Mail" and ran via St. Thomas to Bremen, there on arrival the Ra2 "From West Indies via Bremen" struck and blue crayon taxation "19 ¼" Gr. applied (18¼ British and German sea postage as well as 1 Gr. inland postage). A very attractive and rare cover from the first voyage of the "Graf Bismarck".