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PUBLIC AUCTION 15/16 MARCH 2012 - LUGANO
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Lot number 1428
(Public auction of September 26th/27th, 2009 - General sale (Cat. 14))
Index > overseas > ecuador > classic period: Lot 1428
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| Lot number | 1428 |
| Description |
1867-68, 1/2 r. blue, dark intense shade and wide balanced margins all around, used to pay the single domestic rate per 1/4 oz, on 9 February 1868 envelope from Quito to Paris, transferred at Guayaquil to the British P.O. (double arc datestamp on reverse) for carriage by PSNC steamer to the Isthmus of Panama, thence placed on H.M. packet to England with London red cds on reverse. Anglo-French ''GB/1F90c'' accountancy marking applied on mail up to 30 gr. from the Pacific coast, with French entry and ''12'' decimes due marking to be paid by the addressee. An extremely rare cover to a transatlantic destination, being one of the finest of only about five recorded bearing a first issue value. Cert. Moorhouse. Scott 2. Ex Longhi.
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| Starting price | EUR 1'000.00 |
| Price realised (incl. com.) | EUR 2'400.00 |
