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Coastal Maritime Mail. 1841-56. Selection of 5 covers/entires and one front: cover from Tacna (Peru) with blue ''Vapor'' charged on arrival ''3 1/2'' (1 1/2 reales for the coastal steamer rate) with ''Ultramar'' in red; two entires showing ''Cabotaje'' handstruck in black; very interesting entire from Valparaíso (without rate markings on front) to Cobija (Bolivia) with manuscript on reverse ''Extraviada en este puerto. Recogida por'' and adjacent ''Barrau y Astigueta/Cobija'' forwarding agent oval cachet (not registered in Rowe); front from Bordeaux carried by French steamer to San Felipe with rate notations and ''Vaparaiso'' & ''Ultramar'' in red; another cover (origin unknown) with red ''Ultramar'' & ''Valparaiso'' handstrucks (ex-Gálvez). A scarce group.
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