Lot 71964 – 1865 1/2 Violet Blue, strip of four with partial s

1865 1/2 Violet Blue, strip of four with partial sheet margin marking at foot, mostly huge margin at top, right stamp with corner clipped else a superb and scarce multiple, tied by Guayaquil diamond of dots cancels to 1872 cover to Lima, PERU with bs of 11 March 1872, bottom flap missing else fine, signed and cert Buhler (1994). Note: probably carried by the PSNA steamer « Chile » which departed Panama on March 2, 1872