Lot 70105 – 1858 Medio Peso Rose-Red ERROR OF COLOUR tied to 1858 wrapper to Arequipa by clear “CALLAO 1-2” dotted oval
Lot 70105 – 1858 Medio Peso Rose-Red ERROR OF COLOUR tied to 1858 wrapper to Arequipa by clear “CALLAO 1-2” dotted oval
Lot 70105 – 1858 Medio Peso Rose-Red ERROR OF COLOUR tied to 1858 wrapper to Arequipa by clear “CALLAO 1-2” dotted oval
Peru
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Price realised
12’000 EUR
Estimate
10’000 – 12’000 EUR
Auction date
Thu 3 Dec 2020 at 20:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
THE CASPARY ERROR OF COLOUR COVER
1858, Medio Peso rose-red ERROR OF COLOUR (instead of yellow), type C, large to huge margins, tied to 1858 wrapper to Arequipa by clear “CALLAO 1-2” dotted oval, a superb example, probably the finest known of this error on cover, of which only a dozen are recorded by Bargholtz, a great rarity of the first issue of Peru
Provenance: Alfred H. Caspary and Enrique Martín de Bustamante
Expertise: Certs. Bloch (1977) and Moorhouse (2015)
Catalogue ref: Scott 5
Auction
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