Lot 30660 – 1861, 1p red, second retouch, an extraordinary horizontal block of 20, strip of three & 1862-63 1d on wrapper

Stamp of Peru 1861, 1p red, second retouch, an extraordinary horizontal block of 20, strip of three & 1862-63 1d on wrapper
Stamp of Peru 1861, 1p red, second retouch, an extraordinary horizontal block of 20, strip of three & 1862-63 1d on wrapper
Stamp of Peru 1861, 1p red, second retouch, an extraordinary horizontal block of 20, strip of three & 1862-63 1d on wrapper
Stamp of Peru 1861, 1p red, second retouch, an extraordinary horizontal block of 20, strip of three & 1862-63 1d on wrapper

Lot 30660 – 1861, 1p red, second retouch, an extraordinary horizontal block of 20, strip of three & 1862-63 1d on wrapper

Peru
Price realised
Unsold
Estimate
10’000 – 15’000 EUR
Auction date
Tue 6 Dec 2022 at 11:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description

1861, 1p red, second retouch, an extraordinary horizontal block of 20 including half of two transfer blocks, including types 11-15+11-15 / 16-20+16-20, with sheet margins at left and right and just cut very slightly into in two small places at right, additionally strip of three with types 1-2-3, in combination with 1862-63 1d red, all tied by dotted hs of Otusco on large judicial wrapper to Trujillo, with manuscript docketing on reverse stating that the appellant was paying the postage and dated 30 May 1863, correctly paid with the franking for the “56 1/2 oz” weight indicated (1 peseta per each 2 ounces); vertical filing fold not detracting from the spectacularity; an exceptional and unique mixed franking; ex Eitner.

Catalogue ref: Scott Scott 11, 12

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