Lot 72044 – BISECT of 1r Grey Green, 3rd printing, incorrectly

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 of dots “FRANCA” cancel and docketed from Guayaquil on May 7, 1869, backstamped at Lima with error cds reading 18 MAR 869 (instead of MAY°), toned at central fold, fine and scarce, cert. Moorhouse (Scott $900) Note: per the consignor, only 3 covers are recorded going out of Ecuador which are underfranked by the 1st Issues