23 Sep 2013 – 2 Oct 2013
7408 lots
Lot 72015 | 1r Olive, 1st printing group, very scarce colour a
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
1r Olive, 1st printing group, very scarce colour and not to be mistaken for the olive yellow shade (Scott 4a), single tied to legal wrapper (cplt. front…
Estimate: 500 EUR
Lot 72016 | 1r Dull Yellow on bluish paper (SG n° 7) from the
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
1r Dull Yellow on bluish paper (SG n° 7) from the 4th printing (pos. 49-50), tied by dotted rhomboid “FRANCA” to cover docketed from Guayaquil and showing…
Estimate: 500 EUR
Lot 72017 | 1r “Chrome Yellow” on bluish paper (SG n° 7 var.)
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
1r “Chrome Yellow” on bluish paper (SG n° 7 var.) from the rare 4th printing (pos. 33-34), tied by dotted rhomboid “FRANCA” to cplt. folded letter docketed…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 72018 | 1r Brownish Yellow pair with rhombic dotted “FRANC
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
1r Brownish Yellow pair with rhombic dotted “FRANCA” cancel on cover from Guayaquil (docketing) to Arequipa, PERU (and one of the few First Issue covers…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 72019 | 1r Brownish Yellow 3rd printing pair tied with one
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
1r Brownish Yellow 3rd printing pair tied with one of the latest known uses of the Guayaquil cds with error year “63” (12 DIC 63) to cplt. folded letter…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 72020 | 1r “Chrome Orange” from 3rd printing, single tied
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
1r “Chrome Orange” from 3rd printing, single tied to largely cplt. legal wrapper by near-perfect Latacunga /*/ 30 MAI” cds, endorsement of receipt dated…
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 72021 | 1r Olive, 1st printing plate, vert. pair (pos. 34/
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
1r Olive, 1st printing plate, vert. pair (pos. 34/42), very scarce colour and not to be mistaken for the olive yellow shade (Scott 4a) which is known used…
Estimate: 500 EUR
Lot 72022 | 1r Olive-yellow, 4th printing on grey-blue paper,
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
1r Olive-yellow, 4th printing on grey-blue paper, single and pair with fancy CHIMBO flowers & leaves circular cancel, used on legal wrapper (front + flap…
Estimate: 500 EUR
Lot 72023 | 1r Orange, 1872 6th printing on white or greyish p
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
1r Orange, 1872 6th printing on white or greyish paper, complete horiz. row of 9 (pos. 28-36, last detached and rejoined), manuscript cancels, on large…
Estimate: 450 EUR
Lot 72024 | 1r Orange, pair from 1st printing plus single 1/2r
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
1r Orange, pair from 1st printing plus single 1/2r, tied to nearly front of wrapper by ms “Riobamba,” weight given as “4 1/4 oz” (= 2 1/2r franking),…
Estimate: 400 EUR
Lot 72025 | 1r Orange, BLOCK OF SIX (1st printing, pos. 43-45/
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
1r Orange, BLOCK OF SIX (1st printing, pos. 43-45/52-54) and 1/2r Milky Blue (2nd printing) tied by light crisp Guaranda cds (June 9, 1867) to large part…
Estimate: 700 EUR
Lot 72026 | 1r Yellow, vertical strip of 10 from 1st printing,
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
1r Yellow, vertical strip of 10 from 1st printing, left column (pos. 1//82) tied to nearly cplt. wrapper by ms dotted rhomboids and Alausi cds (15 NOV…
Estimate: 800 EUR
Lot 72027 | 1r Dull Orange Yellow, 1872 6th printing, cancelle
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
1r Dull Orange Yellow, 1872 6th printing, cancelled by Star of Quito together with medio real with GUAYAQUIL 5 DIC 72 cds, an extremely rare mixed use…
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 72028 | 1r Green, 2nd printing, mint block of four (TR cor
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
1r Green, 2nd printing, mint block of four (TR corner nib), pos. 43-44/53/53, nearly full og and very fresh colour, very fine except for the corner nib,…
Estimate: 1’500 EUR
Lot 72029 | 1r Green, 1865 First Printing, first recorded usag
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
1r Green, 1865 First Printing, first recorded usage of the Guayaquil cds on January 13th 1865, faulty but only 2 recorded
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 72030 | 1r Grey Green, 3rd printing, superb strike of mirr
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
1r Grey Green, 3rd printing, superb strike of mirror image and reversed Otavalo seal, probably intended for sealing wax but here used as a provisional…
Estimate: 250 EUR
Lot 72031 | 1r Green, 1865 First Printing, with perfectly cent
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
1r Green, 1865 First Printing, with perfectly centred BABAHOYO cds, superb
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 72032 | 1r Green single tied to large part of wrapper by v
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
1r Green single tied to large part of wrapper by very scarce and beautifully struck red “AMBATO” flattened hexagon cancel, two strikes of the oval “AMBATO…
Estimate: 1’200 EUR
Lot 72033 | 1r Green, 2nd printing horiz. pair tied by rhomboi
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
1r Green, 2nd printing horiz. pair tied by rhomboid of dots, Cuenca / * cds alongside (26 JANV 67) to cplt. folded commercial letter to Santiago, CHILE,…
Estimate: 700 EUR
Lot 72034 | 1r Grey Green, 3rd printing, tied by extremely rar
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
1r Grey Green, 3rd printing, tied by extremely rare ms “Saraguro” cancel to large part folded wrapper to nearby Loja, docketed Nov. 2, 1869, one of the…
Estimate: 650 EUR
Lot 72035 | 1r Green, 1865 First Printing, horiz. strip of fiv
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
1r Green, 1865 First Printing, horiz. strip of five, pos. 5-9, with ms “Riobamba Riobba” cancels, on large part of legal wrapper (folded down for display)…
Estimate: 550 EUR
Lot 72036 | First Printing 1r Dark Yellowish Green single and
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
First Printing 1r Dark Yellowish Green single and two pairs of the so-called “bright Green” (also 1st printing, slightly diff. shades), all tied by Quito…
Estimate: 500 EUR
Lot 72037 | 1r Yellowish Green, 1st printing, vert. strip of 6
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
1r Yellowish Green, 1st printing, vert. strip of 6 (pos. 30//75) tied by rhomboid of dots and Ambato cds (9 MARS 66) to wrapper sent to Riobamba, 6r would…
Estimate: 480 EUR
Lot 72038 | Pair of 1r Grey Green and single 1/2r on thin pape
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
Pair of 1r Grey Green and single 1/2r on thin paper, both from the 3rd printing, with rare manuscript “Pillaro” cancel on nearly complete wrapper to Riobamba,…
Estimate: 450 EUR
Lot 72039 | TURNED WRAPPER with 1r Green strip of 3 (pos. 28-3
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
TURNED WRAPPER with 1r Green strip of 3 (pos. 28-30) tied by rhomboid of dots, sent to Guano with sharp Guano cds (the town name shifted around the circle…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 72040 | 1r Green vert. pair (pos. 48/57), 2nd printing, ti
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
1r Green vert. pair (pos. 48/57), 2nd printing, tied by Guayaquil 12 JUN 66 cds to cplt. commercial folded letter to Lima, PERU, bs June 16, uncommonly,…
Estimate: 400 EUR
Lot 72041 | 1r Yellowish Green, 1st printing, two pairs and tw
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
1r Yellowish Green, 1st printing, two pairs and two singles tied by sharp Riobamba cds (16 DEC. 65) to large wrapper front (folded down for display, an…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 72042 | Bisect of 1r Green, 2nd printing, tied by Guano cd
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
Bisect of 1r Green, 2nd printing, tied by Guano cds (19 JUIN 66) to commercial wrapper to Riobamba paying the 1/4 oz. single weight letter rate, fine and…
Estimate: 600 EUR
Lot 72043 | Bisect of 1r Green, 2nd printing (pos. 86), tied b
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
Bisect of 1r Green, 2nd printing (pos. 86), tied by well struck Riobamba cds (10 OCT 66) to commercial cover to Guano paying the 1/2r per 1oz. parcel letter…
Estimate: 600 EUR
Lot 72044 | BISECT of 1r Grey Green, 3rd printing, incorrectly
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
BISECT of 1r Grey Green, 3rd printing, incorrectly franking cplt. folded letter to Lima, PERU (for which a 2r rate applied), the bisect tied by red rhomboid…
Estimate: 500 EUR
Lot 72045 | 1r Green, 1st printing, BL corner margin stamp (th
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
1r Green, 1st printing, BL corner margin stamp (thick border lines) with mute lozenge (Type D7 in Handbook from 1982) and EMBOSSED ARMS IN OVAL, pos. 82,…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 72046 | 1r Green, 3rd printing R marginal “block of 3” plu
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
1r Green, 3rd printing R marginal “block of 3” plus 1/2r tied together by the uncommon “wheel of Pelileo” cancel, red Pelileo / Franca cds above (15 MAY°…
Estimate: 360 EUR
Lot 72047 | 1r Green, block of five (pos. 2-3/11-12/21) plus
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
1r Green, block of five (pos. 2-3/11-12/21) plus 1/2r Clear Blue (also 2nd printing), tied by Ambato cds (14 DEC 66) to large (and largely complete) wrapper…
Estimate: 850 EUR
Lot 72048 | 1r Greyish Green, 3rd printing irregular block of
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
1r Greyish Green, 3rd printing irregular block of 7 (pos. 1-2//47), plus 1/2r Blue (also 3rd printing) tied by sharp Ambato cds (month inverted, dated…
Estimate: 240 EUR
Lot 72049 | 1r Green, 1st printing vertical STRIP OF NINE (lar
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
1r Green, 1st printing vertical STRIP OF NINE (largest known such franking, pos. 4//76)) plus 1/2r Dark Blue, tied by rhomboid of dots cancels to 1865…
Estimate: 500 EUR
Lot 72050 | 4r Red, 2nd printing, vertical pair with partial s
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
4r Red, 2nd printing, vertical pair with partial sheet margin line at top, pos. 4/17, og with lower stamp apparently nh, vertical spacing clearly demonstrates…
Estimate: 400 EUR
Lot 72051 | 4r Red, 2nd printing, used with RED PUJILI 1873 cd
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
4r Red, 2nd printing, used with RED PUJILI 1873 cds, faults but probably the only recorded 4 reales stamp from this town
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 72052 | 4r Red, EARLIEST RECORED USE ON COVER, tied to sma
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
4r Red, EARLIEST RECORED USE ON COVER, tied to small cover to Lima, PERU by crisp Quito / Franca / 21 JULIO 66 cds, also one of only 5 recoded covers showing…
Estimate: 2’000 EUR
Lot 72053 | Two 4r Deep Red arranged tete-beche on legal wrapp
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
Two 4r Deep Red arranged tete-beche on legal wrapper front with docketing flap, the left stamp is one of the largest margined examples we’ve ever seen,…
Estimate: 600 EUR
Lot 72054 | 4r Brownish Red, 2nd printing single franking with
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
4r Brownish Red, 2nd printing single franking with margins all around, (and showing one of the narrowest clichés in the sheet) tied by crisp Quito / Franca…
Estimate: 450 EUR
Lot 72055 | 4r Dull Rose Red, scarcer shade of the 1st printin
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
4r Dull Rose Red, scarcer shade of the 1st printing, tied to piece by Quito / Franca 2 JUNIO 66 cds, a very early date of use, fine, cert. Moorhouse
Estimate: 440 EUR
Lot 72056 | 4r Brownish Red, 2nd printing B marginal pair with
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
4r Brownish Red, 2nd printing B marginal pair with border line, pos. 99-100 (very seldom seen narrow/wide pair), plus 1/2 r 4th printing and 1r from 6th…
Estimate: 700 EUR
Lot 72057 | Small-size legal front franked by 4r Venetian Red
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
Small-size legal front franked by 4r Venetian Red and pair of 1r Yellow-Ochre (as per cert.) tied together by Guaranda cds (no year date) to Riobamba,…
Estimate: 500 EUR
Lot 72058 | 4r Deep Red, 1st printing, “Arms in circle” variet
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
4r Deep Red, 1st printing, “Arms in circle” variety and stamp 20mm wide, Quito 20 March 1867 cds, fine and fresh example (Scott $250)
Estimate: 80 EUR
Lot 72059 | 4r Variety, PRINTED BOTH SIDES, top marginal block
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
4r Variety, PRINTED BOTH SIDES, top marginal block of four, front in Dull Red, back in Reddish Brown, each showing marginal line at top, a very scarce…
Estimate: 1’500 EUR
Lot 72060 | 4r Variety, PRINTED BOTH SIDES, scarce PAIR, front
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
4r Variety, PRINTED BOTH SIDES, scarce PAIR, front in Red Brown, back in Brown (slightly Reddish), nearly very fine (Scott $1’100+)
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 72061 | 4r Variety, PRINTED BOTH SIDES, two single example
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
4r Variety, PRINTED BOTH SIDES, two single examples, first with T margin line, with front in Dull Red, other in Reddish Brown, backs in Brown shades, very…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 72062 | 4r Variety, PRINTED BOTH SIDES, one of only a few
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
4r Variety, PRINTED BOTH SIDES, one of only a few USED examples known, front in Red Brown showing “FRANCA” in rhomboid of dots (used at Guayaquil), back…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 72063 | 4r Bisect tied by superb blue Guayaquil / France c
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
4r Bisect tied by superb blue Guayaquil / France cds of Sept. 26, 1869 (day of departure of the southbound steamer) to cplt. folded letter sent to Lima,…
Estimate: 700 EUR
Lot 72064 | 4r Bisect tied by red rhomboid of dots “FRANCA” to
Ecuador » 1865-72 First Issue
4r Bisect tied by red rhomboid of dots “FRANCA” to cover docketed from Guayaquil on May 8, 1869, sent to Arequipa, PERU (one of three such recorded), bs…
Estimate: 500 EUR