Lot 72074 – 4r Deep Brownish Red, 2nd printing plus pair of 1r

4r Deep Brownish Red, 2nd printing plus pair of 1r Green, 3rd printing, an UNCOMMON COMBINATION as the 1r Green was printed only in 1865 and the 4r value from 1866, tied by “FRANCA” in rhomboid of dots (used at Guayaquil and docketed from there) to cover sent to Lima, PERU at unusual triple rate (i.e. for 3/4 oz. weight, rate was 2r for 1/4 oz. to nearby countries), bs at Lima (9 AUG 868), slightly mixed margins else very fine showpiece