Lot 51019 – 1798ca Cover front with “Vadivia” straight line in red (S.F.C. MPF46), the earliest and scarcest pmk of Valdivia

Stamp of Chile » Postal History 1798ca Cover front with "Vadivia" straight line in red (S.F.C. MPF46), the earliest and scarcest pmk of Valdivia

Lot 51019 – 1798ca Cover front with “Vadivia” straight line in red (S.F.C. MPF46), the earliest and scarcest pmk of Valdivia

Chile » Postal History
Price realised
420 EUR
Estimate
250 – 300 EUR
Auction date
jeu. 16 juin 2022 at 16:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description

1798ca Cover front from the Governor of Valdivia to the Colonel José Aldunate, Governor of the Harbour of Valparaiso (1796-99), bearing very fine “Vadivia” straight line in red (S.F.C. MPF46), partially carried by see paying “13” reales per 4 1/3 ounces. The earliest and scarcest postmark of this locality, with only two items recorded by Maier.

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