23 Sep 2013 – 2 Oct 2013
2372 lots
Lot 72201 | 1821-1842 EARLY MAIL TO OVERSEAS, 14 early covers
Peru » Pre-Adhesive Period
1821-1842 EARLY MAIL TO OVERSEAS, 14 early covers on 9 exhibit pages incl. rare 1839 to IRELAND, couple to Belgium, GB incl. Scotland, France and Italy,…
Estimate: 600 – 1’200 EUR
Lot 72202 | 1826-57 Stampless covers, hand-picked selection of
Peru » Pre-Adhesive Period
1826-57 Stampless covers, hand-picked selection of 46 covers and 4 postal receipts/reports on 32 exhibit pages, the best examples of the period that Mr….
Estimate: 800 – 1’200 EUR
Lot 72203 | 1828-74, MAIL TO USA, 8 exhibit pages with 12 stam
Peru » Pre-Adhesive Period
1828-74, MAIL TO USA, 8 exhibit pages with 12 stampless covers showing a variety of transits (esp. Panama) and arrivals, rates (incl. 1869 printed circular…
Estimate: 300 – 400 EUR
Lot 72204 | MAIL from/to ECUADOR 1828-76, 10 exhibit pages, ne
Peru » Pre-Adhesive Period
MAIL from/to ECUADOR 1828-76, 10 exhibit pages, nearly all from the pre-adhesive period, with select markings and usages among the 15 covers, 12 are inbound…
Estimate: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 72205 | 1831-85, Stampless covers TO PERU, album of 30 ite
Peru » Pre-Adhesive Period
1831-85, Stampless covers TO PERU, album of 30 items, countries of origin incl. Tasmania (1847), British Virgin Is., Panama, some German States as well…
Estimate: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 72206 | MAIL from/to CHILE, 1832-73, 12 covers on 7 exhibi
Peru » Pre-Adhesive Period
MAIL from/to CHILE, 1832-73, 12 covers on 7 exhibit pages incl. s/l “VAPOR PERU / P” and VAPOR LIMA / P” hs, two forwarded, one franked in Chile, another…
Estimate: 300 – 400 EUR
Lot 72207 | RARE USE OF 1849 “FRANCA.” LABEL The postmaster
Peru » Pre-Adhesive Period
RARE USE OF 1849 “FRANCA.” LABEL
The postmaster of Callao, who ran the Lima-Callao mail, wanted to spare his large customers the trip to the post office…
Estimate: 1’800 EUR
Lot 72208 | 1r Blue on blued paper, large to enormous margins
Peru » Pacific Steam Navigation Co. Issue
1r Blue on blued paper, large to enormous margins all around, gem quality example with full original gum, small hr, magnificent and very fine in all respects,…
Estimate: 1’000 EUR
Lot 72209 | 1r Blue on blued paper, clear margins all around,
Peru » Pacific Steam Navigation Co. Issue
1r Blue on blued paper, clear margins all around, no gum as often found, very fine (Scott $1’700)
Estimate: 500 EUR
Lot 72210 | 1r Blue on blued paper, Callao cancel (L+R fig. 24
Peru » Pacific Steam Navigation Co. Issue
1r Blue on blued paper, Callao cancel (L+R fig. 24), nearly clear to enormous margins including sheet margin at left, very fine example of this rare stamp,…
Estimate: 1’000 EUR
Lot 72211 | 1r Blue on blued paper, Lima cancel (L+R fig. 37),
Peru » Pacific Steam Navigation Co. Issue
1r Blue on blued paper, Lima cancel (L+R fig. 37), nearly clear to nearly touching margins all around, fresh and fine example of this rare stamp (Scott…
Estimate: 600 EUR
Lot 72212 | REPRINTS of both values on vert. laid paper, plus
Peru » Pacific Steam Navigation Co. Issue
REPRINTS of both values on vert. laid paper, plus 7 diff. reprints on wove paper, incl. 2 blue shades one of which appears to be on blued paper (Moorhouse…
Estimate: 400 EUR
Lot 72213 | 2r Red Brown on blued paper, great margins includi
Peru » Pacific Steam Navigation Co. Issue
2r Red Brown on blued paper, great margins including sheet margin at left, gem quality example with large part original gum, hr, magnificent and very fine…
Estimate: 1’200 EUR
Lot 72214 | 2r Red Brown on blued paper, clear to good margins
Peru » Pacific Steam Navigation Co. Issue
2r Red Brown on blued paper, clear to good margins, small part original gum, hr, minute central inclusion else very fine (Scott $1’900)
Estimate: 600 EUR
Lot 72215 | 1862-63 Reprints by Perkins, Bacon, exhibit page w
Peru » Pacific Steam Navigation Co. Issue
1862-63 Reprints by Perkins, Bacon, exhibit page with four 1r and five 2r 1863 reprints on white wove paper in various colours (incl. as issued), then…
Estimate: 600 EUR
Lot 72216 | Reprints, forgeries and proposed baggage labels, a
Peru » Pacific Steam Navigation Co. Issue
Reprints, forgeries and proposed baggage labels, an important accumulation partly mounted plus photocopied literature, begins with 29 reprints (1-6 of…
Estimate: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 72217 | UNIQUE FIRST DAY COVER FOR THE FIRST ISSUE 1858
Peru » 1858 (March) First Issue
UNIQUE FIRST DAY COVER FOR THE FIRST ISSUE
1858 1d Blue, superb example with four huge margins, tied by dotted Callao hs (L+R fig. 24) to outer letter…
Estimate: 7’500 – 10’000 EUR
Lot 72218 | EARLIEST KNOWN USE OF FIRST ISSUE GOING ABROAD
Peru » 1858 (March) First Issue
EARLIEST KNOWN USE OF FIRST ISSUE GOING ABROAD
1d Blue, four margins incl. huge at left, tied by Lima dotted & oval cancel (L+R fig. 37) to folded outer…
Estimate: 5’000 – 7’500 EUR
Lot 72219 | 1d Light Blue, remarkable large-margined mint exam
Peru » 1858 (March) First Issue
1d Light Blue, remarkable large-margined mint example with full original gum and apparently never hinged, truly SUPERB classic
(Scott $275++)
Note:…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 72220 | 1d Blue and Dark Blue, two vert. pairs showing tra
Peru » 1858 (March) First Issue
1d Blue and Dark Blue, two vert. pairs showing transfers used for position 16, one 11/18 (i.e 11/”16″) and the other 6/1 (i.e. “16”/1), plus a cover with…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 72221 | 1d Dark Blue to Medium Blue shades, four horiz. pa
Peru » 1858 (March) First Issue
1d Dark Blue to Medium Blue shades, four horiz. pairs + strip of four, all showing transfer types 5 + 1 (strip 5+1+2+3), so-called “bridging” pairs between…
Estimate: 160 EUR
Lot 72222 | 1d Blue, reconstructed transfer block of 20 less p
Peru » 1858 (March) First Issue
1d Blue, reconstructed transfer block of 20 less position 16, which was always filled using a different transfer, cut from another transfer sheet, as the…
Estimate: 1’000 EUR
Lot 72223 | 1d Blue (shades incl. Milky Blue and Dark Blue), t
Peru » 1858 (March) First Issue
1d Blue (shades incl. Milky Blue and Dark Blue), three horiz. pairs, each with transfer type 20 at left and types 6, 7 or 10 at right in place of the missing…
Estimate: 480 EUR
Lot 72224 | Pair of 1d with sheet margin at foot (others large
Peru » 1858 (March) First Issue
Pair of 1d with sheet margin at foot (others large) with dotted Chinca Alta cancels (L+R fig. 24) on cover to Lima, stamps are type 7 + 17 with type 7…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 72225 | 1d Blue (shades incl. Milky Blue and Dark Blue), f
Peru » 1858 (March) First Issue
1d Blue (shades incl. Milky Blue and Dark Blue), four horiz. pairs, each with transfer type 17 at right and types 2, 4, 13 or 18 at left placed in position…
Estimate: 260 EUR
Lot 72226 | 1d Blue to Dark Blue, 5 vert. pairs showing transf
Peru » 1858 (March) First Issue
1d Blue to Dark Blue, 5 vert. pairs showing transfer types “bridging” two transfer blocks, types 5/10, 6/11, 15/20, 17/2 and 20/5, all with L+R fig. 24…
Estimate: 240 EUR
Lot 72227 | 1d Blue, wonderful group on album page, shades fro
Peru » 1858 (March) First Issue
1d Blue, wonderful group on album page, shades from Pale Blue to Indigo, comprising 6 horiz. pairs and two horiz. strips of three, all plated as to transfer…
Estimate: 240 EUR
Lot 72228 | 1d Light Blue, handsome strip of four with boxed C
Peru » 1858 (March) First Issue
1d Light Blue, handsome strip of four with boxed CERTIFICACION cancels (L+R fig. 85 bis, rated “20”) as used from Huancavelica, vast margins, two shallow…
Estimate: 240 EUR
Lot 72229 | Three 1d Dark Blue pairs, Huancavelica dotted canc
Peru » 1858 (March) First Issue
Three 1d Dark Blue pairs, Huancavelica dotted cancels (L+R fig. 24) used on cover with partial contents datelined 25 Oct. 1858 and sent to Lima, normal…
Estimate: 1’200 EUR
Lot 72230 | 1d Blue, vert. strip of four spanning the right si
Peru » 1858 (March) First Issue
1d Blue, vert. strip of four spanning the right side of the transfer blocks (pos. 5/10/15/20), tied by Tacna cds (L+R fig. 36) to Feb. 6, 1859 cover to…
Estimate: 600 EUR
Lot 72231 | 1d Deep Blue pair (transfer types 10+17a), intense
Peru » 1858 (March) First Issue
1d Deep Blue pair (transfer types 10+17a), intense fresh colour, tied to cplt. folded letter to Cochabamba, BOLIVIA by Sept. 2, 1858 Tacna cds, ms “1 1/2″…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 72232 | 1d Dark Greyish Blue, “bridging” pair showing tran
Peru » 1858 (March) First Issue
1d Dark Greyish Blue, “bridging” pair showing transfer types 10+6 tied to cplt. folded letter by bold s/l TRUJILLO hs, datelined April 5, 1865 (very late…
Estimate: 240 EUR
Lot 72233 | 1d Deep Blue, pair showing the misaligned substitu
Peru » 1858 (March) First Issue
1d Deep Blue, pair showing the misaligned substituted transfer types 15+6, blue Cuzco cancels, used on cplt. folded personal letter to Arequipa datelined…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 72234 | 1d Dark Indigo Blue, “bridging” pair showing trans
Peru » 1858 (March) First Issue
1d Dark Indigo Blue, “bridging” pair showing transfer types 10+6, each with blue CALLAO cds on double rate short distance cover, sent to Lima, a marvellous…
Estimate: 180 EUR
Lot 72235 | 1d Dark Blue, horiz. pair showing substituted tran
Peru » 1858 (March) First Issue
1d Dark Blue, horiz. pair showing substituted transfer, with types 19 + 15 in lieu of 19 + 20, uncommon, nice margins, cancelled by Huancayo cancels (L+R…
Estimate: 160 EUR
Lot 72236 | 1d Blue, two covers with vertical pairs tied, each
Peru » 1858 (March) First Issue
1d Blue, two covers with vertical pairs tied, each showing transfer type “16” filled by type 8 or type 2, the pairs are types 8/1 and 11/2 respectively,…
Estimate: 160 EUR
Lot 72237 | 1d Dark Blue, vert. pair with ample to huge margin
Peru » 1858 (March) First Issue
1d Dark Blue, vert. pair with ample to huge margins and Iquique cancels (L+R fig. 24), transfer types 7/12, on cover to Lima, endorsed for carriage by…
Estimate: 120 EUR
Lot 72238 | 1d Dark Blue, vert. pair oriented vertically (very
Peru » 1858 (March) First Issue
1d Dark Blue, vert. pair oriented vertically (very scarce thus) with ample to large margins tied by Iquique cancels (L+R fig. 24), transfer types 12/17,…
Estimate: 120 EUR
Lot 72239 | 1d Blue, “bridging” pair of transfer types 5+1 tie
Peru » 1858 (March) First Issue
1d Blue, “bridging” pair of transfer types 5+1 tied by blue Arequipa cancels (L+R fig. 24) to cplt. folded letter from there (docketed August 21, 1858)…
Estimate: 120 EUR
Lot 72240 | 1d Blue tied by Lima cancel to cover front to Sant
Peru » 1858 (March) First Issue
1d Blue tied by Lima cancel to cover front to Santiago, CHILE, with commercial cachet at BL. The single letter rate (1d) was up to 1/2 onza in Peru, but…
Estimate: 120 EUR
Lot 72241 | EARLIEST RECORDED DATE OF USE OF 1858 UNA PESETA
Peru » 1858 (March) First Issue
EARLIEST RECORDED DATE OF USE OF 1858 UNA PESETA
March 13, 1858 – 1p Red, bold Lima in oval and dots (L+R fig. 37) on cover with docketing showing it…
Estimate: 4’000 – 5’000 EUR
Lot 72242 | 1p Red, page showing four diff. shades from Salmon
Peru » 1858 (March) First Issue
1p Red, page showing four diff. shades from Salmon to Rose Red, two with huge margins all around, transfer types H, B, C and F, plus July 1858 cover franked…
Estimate: 400 EUR
Lot 72243 | 1p Red, reconstructed transfer block of 10 types,
Peru » 1858 (March) First Issue
1p Red, reconstructed transfer block of 10 types, first identified and numbered by Hausberg (randomly) and now identified in correct order by letter (after…
Estimate: 600 EUR
Lot 72244 | 1p Red, vertical pair of transfer types G/B (“brid
Peru » 1858 (March) First Issue
1p Red, vertical pair of transfer types G/B (“bridging” two transfer blocks) with blue Arequipa cancels (L+R fig. 24), large margins, a scarce multiple,…
Estimate: 400 EUR
Lot 72245 | 1p Red, vertical pair of transfer types F/A (“brid
Peru » 1858 (March) First Issue
1p Red, vertical pair of transfer types F/A (“bridging” two transfer blocks, but irregularly) with RED Parcoy cancel (L+R fig. 24, high rarity factor of…
Estimate: 400 EUR
Lot 72246 | 1p Red, vertical pair of transfer types I/D (“brid
Peru » 1858 (March) First Issue
1p Red, vertical pair of transfer types I/D (“bridging” two transfer blocks) showing extremely narrow spacing between the two, tied by Oct. 8, 1858 Tacna…
Estimate: 1’500 EUR
Lot 72247 | 1p Red, pale shade and transfer type G, tied by 1-
Peru » 1858 (March) First Issue
1p Red, pale shade and transfer type G, tied by 1-Lima-2 cancel (L+R fig. 41) to June 12, 1858 complete letter to Valparaiso, CHILE. Large to huge margins,…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 72248 | 1p Red, medium shade and transfer type F, tied by
Peru » 1858 (March) First Issue
1p Red, medium shade and transfer type F, tied by bold Tacna cds (L+R fig. 36) of June 2, 1858 to complete letter to Cochabamba, BOLIVIA. Large margins…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 72249 | 1p Pale Red, transfer type A, good to large margin
Peru » 1858 (March) First Issue
1p Pale Red, transfer type A, good to large margins, tied by Huancayo cancel (L+R fig. 24) to May 26, 1858 cover to Lima at the ordinary inland single…
Estimate: 220 EUR
Lot 72250 | 1p Red, bright shade and transfer type C, tied by
Peru » 1858 (March) First Issue
1p Red, bright shade and transfer type C, tied by Huaraz cancel (L+R fig. 24) to July 6, 1858 cover to Lima, single rate franking for distance over 25…
Estimate: 200 EUR




















































