Lot 71970 – 1/2 Blue, 1st printing and 1st setting, very clear

1/2 Blue, 1st printing and 1st setting, very clear impression and deep colour, in BL margin STRIP OF NINE with border lines at L and B, manuscript Riobamba cancels, on legal wrapper front with docketing on top flap on reverse, sent to Guaranda, weight (ms) “8 3/4 oz.” paid by 4 1/2r franking (at 1/2r per oz.), an attractive “2 page” exhibit showpiece, second largest piece from the 1st printing on cover and third totally, very fine, ex Bustamante and ex Longhi, 2009 cert. Moorhouse states “Large multiple frankings of the 1/2r blue are rare on cover.” One of the highlights and “gems” of this exhibit collection