383rd Auction

1881: Quetzal 5 c. red and green, two singles used on cover, from Zacapa to London, dated 7 October 1882, tied by both the three ring circular and the town datestamp  both in violet, on reverse a "Correos Guatemala" datstamp in red 9 October 1882 and partial London arrival, wrinkles and minor creasing, fine example, scarce origin

1881: Quetzal 5 c. red and green, used on cover, from Jalapa to Guatemala City, dated 5 June 1885, cancelled by a very fine three ring cancel in blue, with "Correos Jalapa" datestamp alongside in blue, a fine uncreased envelope, scarce origins with crisp cancel and datestamp.  

1881: Quetzal 5 c. red and green, used on cover, from Retalhule to Guatemala City, dated 21 December 1882, cancelled by a three ring cancel in red, with "Correos Retalhule" datestamp alongside, soiled, horizontal filing crease not affecting stamp, perf. faults top, neat envelope, scarce example.

1881: Quetzal 5 c. red and green, used on cover, from Escuintla to Guatemala, dated 5 August 1885, cancelled by a faint three ring purple cancel, with "Correos Escuintla" datestamp alongside, a tidy example and rare this fine

1881: Quetzal 5 c. red and green, used on cover, from Antigua to Guatemala, dated 18 June 1886, tied by a very fine four ring cancel in purple, with "Correos Antigua" datestamp alongside in corresponding purple also tying the stamp, very attractive example, although there is a small hole in the stamp top right and two others on the front of cover, uncommon example.

1881: Quetzal 5 c. red and green, used on cover, from Chiantla to Guatemala City, dated 8 June 1885, cancelled by segmented cork cancel in black, with "Correos Chiantla" datestamp in blue alongside, framed "Franco" in blue corresponding with the datestamp of Chiantla, together with sender cachet in violet, diagonal creases and some wrinkling, scarce cover.

1881: Quetzal, 5 c. red and green, used on cover, from Chiquimula to Guatemala, dated 10 July 1885, tied by blue three ring cancel, with corresponding "Correos Chiquimula", very slightly reduced at left, very minor soiling, attractive and rare

Provenance: Miguel Ricoy (Zurich, November 1986)

1881: Quetzal 5 c. red and green, two singles used on cover, from Zacapa to London, dated 16 September 1884, tied by blue three ring datestamp with unusually misshaped "Correos Zacapa", endorsed "via New Orleans" with corresponding received mark in black to reverse dated 29 September 1884, together with Livingston transit in blue dated 23 September and London arrival in red 13 October, a little soiling, minor perf. flaws at top of one stamp but scarce

1881: Quetzal 5 c. red and green, used on cover, from Guatemala City to San Salvador, dated 22 February 1882, tied by blue cork cancel, "Correos Guatemala" in pink alongside, on reverse arrival dated 27 February 1882, vertical filing crease centrally not affecting stamp, rare domestic 5 c. postage to San Salvador.

1881: Quetzal 5 c. red and green, horizontal pair used on cover, from Guatemala to Birmingham, England, dated 12 November 1888, tied by dumb cancel in violet, with "Correos Guatemala" datestamp alongside also in violet, sent by the missionary and stamp dealer "C.B.Hill" with his business cachet to front, on reverse a black arrival dated 14 December 1883, tiny tears to two edges, diagonal crease not affecting stamps and hardly noticeable, fine clean example which would have gone via Panama, scarce

1881: Quetzal 5 c. red and green, horizontal pair used on mourning cover, from Guatemala to Colchester, England, dated 12 September, cancelled by dumb cancel in black, with "Correos Guatemala" datestamp alongside, endorsed "via Panama", arrival on reverse date not distinguishable, apparent faults around the edges, tear top and corner and small pin hole to cover, nevertheless attractive and rare multiple to England

1881: Quetzal 5 c. red and green, two singles used on cover, from San Jose to Sachsen, Germany, dated 18 November 1884, very faint violet cancel to sides, with "Correos San Jose2 datestamp in violet alongside, sender cachet "Heinrich Sittig" also in violet top right, on reverse a "New York - Panama Transit" dated 3 December in black, and an indistinguishable datestamp 17 December 1884, care worn and tears around edges, a small pin hole top right, stained and soiled, although not unusual for this type of mail, scarce origin on Panama route.

1881: Quetzal 5 c. red and green, used on cover, from Guatemala City to Antigua, cancelled by a fine point Star handstamp in black, with "Correos Guatemala" datestamp alongside, minor soiling and two pin holes through envelope, of little consequence, fine and scarce example of the 5 c. domestica rate to Antigua

1881: Quetzal, 5 c. red and green, used on cover, from Guatemala City to Antigua, dated 21 April, tied by blue dumb cancel, with smudged datestamp alongside in pink, sender's business cachet in blue; has tape to right side, faults, the stamp has bottom right corner torn, tricky to find covers at the domestic rate into Antigua.

Provenance: H. Toaspern, 1937
 

1881: Quetzal 5 c. red and green, used on cover, from Guatemala to Retalhuleu, dated 15 May 1883, tied by segmented cork cancel in  black, with smudged "Correos De Guatemala" alongside, addressed to a noteable businessman 'Juan José Alesjos' who owned one of the largest cattle ranches Caballo Blanco on Guatemala's Pacific coast, backflap is missing and damaged top top left, vertical filing crease centrally, nevertheless an attractive cover

1881: Quetzal 5 c. red and green, vertical pair, used with, 10 c. gray-violet and green, on cover, from Livingston to Forest, USA, dated 20 April 1885, tied by dumb cancels in purple, with Livingston duplex to back alongside a New Orleans transit dated 25 April 1885, cover reduced slightly to left, a rare combination, fine cover

1881, Quetzal 5-20c. tied by boxed cancellation to registered cover to Halifax, Canada, some minor imperfections do not detract, a scarce and attractive three-color-franking

1881: Quetzal 10 c. gray-violet and green, used on cover, from San Jose to Bornholm Island, Denmark, France, dated Apriil 1884, cancelled by five point star cancel in purple, faint town datestamp alongside overstruck by a Calais-Paris transit, to reverse two Danish marks dated 19 May and 20 May, backflap is missing , soiled but a very rare cover to an Island in Denmark

1881: Quetzal: 10 c. gray-violet and green, pair used on cover, from San Marcos to Perleberg, Germany, dated 22 May 1884, tied by a combination of the violet town datestamp without date and black star cancels, on reverse Guatemala transit dated 29 May 1884 and arrival in Perlesberg 9 July 1884, slightly soiled, generally fine, a scarce double franking

1881: Quetzal 10 c. gray-violet and green, pair used on cover, from Ferro Carril to San Francisco, tied by dumb cancels in black, dated to Perleberg, Germany, manuscript "10/2/85" presumably when recieved, "San Francisco Paid all" to front in red dated 2 October, opening tear to top and flap, soiled, scarce example from central Guatemala to USA

1881: Quetzal 10 c. gray-violet and green, vertical pair and single used on cover, from Quezaltenango to Hamburg, dated 20 September 1883, tied by cross cancel in blue and town datstamp duplex, to reverse "Correos Guatemala" dated 24 September 1883 in purple, London transit in red 23 October and Hamburg arrival 29 October, stained, creasing to sides, scarce triple franking

1881: Quetzal 10 c. gray-violet and green, used on cover, from Quezaltenango to Perleberg, Germany, dated 6 March 1884, tied by purple dumb cancel with town datestamp alongside in blue, to reverse a "Correos Guatemala" duplex dated 9 March 1884 and Perleberg arrival dated 13 April 1884, diagonal crease bottom right corner, some tone spots to perfs., a scarce example

1881: Quetzal 10 c. gray-violet and green, used on cover, from Guatemala to Leipzig, dated 18 December 1885, tied by dumb cancel in black the "Correos Guatemala" also to front in black, a London transit on reverse in red dated 13 February 1885 and faint arrival, the backflap has printed "Fahsen i Ubico / Agencia Postal / Guatemala, América Central", minor soiling and faint diagonal crease to envelope, a fine example, scarce printed business envelope. 

1881: Quetzal 10 c. gray-violet and green, used on cover, from Guatemala to Bordeaux, dated 10 July 1883, tied by "Correos Guatemala" datestamp and a dumb cancel in violet, horizontal filing crease just below adhesive, minor soiling, a fine example

1881: Quetzal 10 c. gray-violet and green, used on cover, from Retalhule to Tapachula, Mexico, dated 7 July 1882, cancelled and tied by three ring datestamp in violet and a pink cds, as well as manuscript cross, apparent imperfections, reduced to open on right side, stamp overhanging, perf and corner fault, however scarce destination

1881: Quetzal 10 c. gray-violet and green, used on cover, from Guatemala to Bourg, dated 12 October 1885, cancelled by datestamp duplex, "Calais-Paris" transit dated 16 November 1885, to reverse two strikes of a Bourg arrival dated the same day, soiled, opening tear left side, otherwise fine, additionally comes with another cover dated 1884 with same franking and origin sent to Chalamont, redirected to Bourg, has imperfection and tear, although an interesting covers, scarce duo

1881: Quetzal 10 c. gray-violet and green, used on cover, from Guatemala to Chalamont, France, dated 1 November 1883, tied by city dated duplex in purple, to reverse a Paris transit dated 8 December 1883 and Chalamont arrival 9th, a fine example

1881: Quetzal 10 c. gray-violet and green, used on cover, from Guatemala to Amsterdam, dated 12 February 1885, cancelled in black, to reverse a double circle "New York - Paid B All" dated 5 March and a faint Amsterdam arrival both in black, a remarkably clean cover with just some minor toning to the odd perf., attractive and scarce example

1881: Quetzal 10 c. gray-violet and green, used on cover, from Zacapa to London, dated 14 April 1885, tied by blue three ring datestamp duplex, endorsed "via Livingston N. Orleans", reverse with "Correos Livingston" duplex dated 20 April 1885 in violet, "New Orleans Rec'd" dated 26 April 1885, London EC hooded circle in red dated 11 May 1885, corner fault top left, soiled and some creasing not affecting the stamps, fine

1881: Quetzal 10 c. gray-violet and green, used on cover, from Guatemala to Bordeaux, dated 12 June 1883, tied by segmented cork cancel and Guatemala datestamp alongside both in violet, stamp unusually position lower right, a Paris transit above in blue, endorsed "via Panama", with Bordeaux arrival on reverse dated 13 July 1883, filing crease clear of stamp, a fine example. 

1881: Quetzal 10 c. gray-violet and green, used on cover, from Guatemala to Bordeaux, dated 27 August 1888, tied by red dumb cancel with city datestamp in violet alongside, on reverse a smudged arrival dated 28 September in black, horizontal filing crease not affecting stamp, slight soiling, a good example

1881: Quetzal 10 c. gray-violet and green, used on cover, from Zacapa to London, dated 21 April 1885, tied by blue three ring datestamp duplex, endorsed "via Livingston N. Orleans", to reverse a "Correos Livingston" duplex dated 3 May 1885 in violet, "New Orleans Rec'd" dated 9 May 1885, "New York 34" duplex 12 May 1885 and faint London hooded circle in red dated 22 May, damaged lower left corner, tear top, soiled, stamp toned perfs, nevertheless an interesting and scarce cover. 

1881: Quetzal 10 c. gray-violet and green, used on cover, from Cobàn to Berlin, dated 24 May 1882, tied by the town datestamp in dark purple black, endorsed "via Panama Southampton", to reverse "Correos Guatemala" pink dated duplex 27 May 1882 and black circle 28 June, tonning in places, diagonal corner fold not affecting the stamp, addessed to 'Freiherr von Türkheim' owner of the famous Baden error of colour sold to German Reichspostmuseum which is today a key item on display in the Museum of Post and Communication in Berlin, an interesting cover

1881: Quetzal 20 c. yellow and green, used example, cancelled by the rarest of all cancellations of Guatemala, on this or any other issue, "AGENCIA POSTAL DE GUATEMALA / PANAMÁ" dated 1 May 1883 in purple and also a barred numeral "B16" arrival mark of Great Britain in black (Plymouth TPO), a great rarity, including this stamp only five recorded, two on cards and three on lose stamps