355 / Oktober 2013

1864, Rivadavia 10 c. green, horizontal strip of 3 with 2 strikes of oval "SoDel E. / Certificado / A. DE C.N." (Santiago del Estero) and each stamp with additional pen strokes, fine and scarce

1867/74, 5 c. vermilion, 2 copies, tied to entiere letter from Buenos Aires to Bordeaux with adjacent "Da Buenos Aires coi Postali Italiani", taxed "10", cancelled and corrected in "12", stamps little stained

1857, 'Gauchitos' 4 r.-10 r. in marginal blocks of 6, unused o.g., 3 values 10 r. affected by gum crease, fine and scarce multiples

1858/59, Barquitos 2 p. yellow-green, tiny touched in outer frameline at lower left, otherwise wide margins and fresh colour, unused without gum, signed Roig

1858/59, 4 p. red, frame line just touched at left, otherwise good clear margins and very fresh colour, unused without gum, tiny scissor cuts clear of the design; an extremely fine copy of this rare stamp, only a handful of the known unused examples are sound; signed Fulpius and EJL, certificate Moorhouse

5 p. pale-orange, frame line just touched at upper right, otherwise mostly good clear margins, used with "ponchito" cancel, minor corner fault at upper right, fine, signed Kneitschel and certificate Moorhouse

5 p. orange, good clear margins virtually all round, used with "ponchito" cancel, very fine, signed Kneitschel and certificate Moorhouse (Scott no. 5)

4 r. brown in vertical pair, frame line touched at sides, otherwise good to large margins, with manuscript squiggle cross on undated part cover to El Parana, a fine and rare entire, certificate Moorhouse

1859, Liberty 1 p. blue with transfer error 'inscription etc. at top missing', used, fine, interesting variety

1859, 2 p. red and 1 p. blue, both with large margins, tied by Buenos Aires cds. to small piece, very fine

1862, Cabecitos 2 p. blue with large margins in combination with Republic Issue 1862, 5 c. red, just clear at lower left, otherwise good to wide margins, both tied by cds. of Buenos Aires to letter sheet endorsed "pr. Salto" to Entre Rios, fine and rare triple rate franking, certificate Moorhouse

BRITISH POST OFFICE: 1857, "BUENOS * AYRES 18 GEN 57", clear blue date stamp on letter sheet with part of contents via Rio and Genova with adjacent Sardinian packet marking "Vapori transatl." to Le Havre, desinfection slits, with French transit mark on front; some discolouration at lower left corner, otherwise fine, only 3 strikes are recorded of the blue date stamp, certificate Moorhouse

"BUENOS * AYRES 20 APR 57", cds. in blue with adjacent blue "P.P." on letter sheet with manuscript "1" rating to Montevideo; fine and extremely rare, supposed to be the only entire with the blue "P.P." marking, certificate Moorhouse

1858, Coat of Arms 5 c. blue on laid paper, a complete sheet of 30 stamps with large margins all around, unused with large part original gum, light vertical crease through pos. 5-25, few thin spots and some tears in the upper margin fixed; overall a very fine and rare multiple, pictured in 1958 Kneitschel catalogue on page 147

1858, Coat of Arms 5 c. blue, good to wide margins all around used on entire letter from Villa Nueva 1860 to Rosario, blunt upper right corner, otherwise very fine; there are only 5 covers recorded with this stamp, ex Del Pont and Elicabe, certificate Moorhouse

10 c. black on horizontally laid paper, good margins, unused without gum, a fine and scarce stamp, certificate Moorhouse

1864/67, Rivadavia, ungebrauchte und meist gestempelte kleine Partie mit 4 Briefen, dabei Paar Nr. 13, diverse Nr. 17, bessere Stempel etc.

1945/2011, postfrischer, etwas ungebrauchter und gestempelter Bestand, dazu einige ältere Ausgaben und FDC; großer Karton

1845/68, 5 markenlose, kpl. Faltbriefe aus Buenos Aires über das britische Postamt mit verschiedenen Tax- und Nebenstempeln nach Frankreich (4 Stück) und London, dabei L1 "SHIPP-LETTER", 2 verschiedene "COLONIES"-Stempel und Tax-Stempel "GB 1 F.60 C.", Pracht

TIERRA DEL FUEGO: 1891, Privatpost Popper 10 C. rot, ca. 3500 Stück, meist in Bogenteilen und gefalteten Bogen, postfrisch (Mi.-Nr. I; für ungebraucht 210.000,-)