Lot 72044 – BISECT of 1r Grey Green, 3rd printing, incorrectly

BISECT of 1r Grey Green, 3rd printing, incorrectly franking cplt. folded letter to Lima, PERU (for which a 2r rate applied), the bisect tied by red rhomboid of dots « FRANCA » cancel and docketed from Guayaquil on May 7, 1869, backstamped at Lima with error cds reading 18 MAR 869 (instead of MAY°), toned at central fold, fine and scarce, cert. Moorhouse (Scott $900) Note: per the consignor, only 3 covers are recorded going out of Ecuador which are underfranked by the 1st Issues