Lot 42032A – THE EARLIEST FRANKED COVER KNOWN OF BOLIVIAN PHILATELY1867,

THE EARLIEST FRANKED COVER KNOWN OF BOLIVIAN PHILATELY

1867, 5c yellow-green, original plate, second state, a delightful vertical pair clearly exhibiting the characteristic crisp impression and shade of this scarce state, positions 1/13, with mainly uncommonly large margins, tied by Scure framed hs (with the “Esterior/Franca” writing erased) on entire letter to Cochabamba, a very rare cover bearing this early state, dated July 8, 1967 and representing the earliest usage recorded of Bolivian stamps; ex Ortiz-Patiño.