366. Auktion März 2018

5 centavos carmine, horizontal pair with part of imprint, used with cork cancel and tied by violet crayon to envelope with adjacent violet "SANTIAGO 5 JUN. 78" to Italy with frontside "PANAMA / 28 JU 1873 / TRANSIT" and red octagonal "PANAMA PAQ. FR. A No 2"; in Italy the cover was taxed and postage due stamps with a total of 70 centesimi applied; small part of envelope missing at top due to opening and some minor creasing; an attractive and scarce cover

10 centavos greenish-blue, 3 copies tied by cds. "VALPARAISO 28 JUN. 81" to registered envelope with small register label to Paris with transit and arrival marks; small opening faults, otherwise fine

20 centavos green and 2 copies 1 centavo grey, tied by cds. "VALPARAISO 15 JUN 81" to double rate cover endorsed "Via Panama" to Genova, Italy with arrival mark; the cover is correctly franked with 20 centavos double foreign letter fee plus 2 centavos Panama transit, fine and scarce

20 centavos green with imprint at top (applied with damaged corner) and 5 centavos carmine, tied by cds. "VALPARAISO 12 OCT. 78" to yellow envelope to Lüneburg in Germany, endorsed "pr vapor Lima" (vessel of PSMC); a very scarce cover according to the Chile-German convention effective on January 1st 1875

20 centavos green in horizontal pair with 1878, 2 centavos rose in vertical pair, tied by cds. "SANTIAGO 4 AGTO 82" to quadruple rate cover "VIA DE PANAMA" to Paris with frontside "PANAMA-UNION PAQ. F.A. No 2"; the franking included 4 centavos Panama transit fee; one 20 centavos minor creasing, still fine and scarce

20 centavos green, marginal copy with part of imprint, with 1883/99, 5 centavos blue on registered letter sheet from "VALPARAISO 21 JUL 86" to Arequipa, Peru with advice of receipt, fine

10 centavos blue tied by clear cds. "SANTIAGO 2 MZO 85" to postal stationery envelope 5 centavos lilac as registered matter with boxed "CERTIFICADA" to Valparaiso with transit and arrival marks; on reverse little roughly opened, otherwise fine

50 centavos, die proof in black on sunken card, very fine

50 centavos mauve, imperforated plate proof in issued colour, block of 4 with parts of imprints at top and left on India paper; some faint thinnings, still fine, a scarce block (Selchi 24)

1880/99, 2nd rouletted issue 1 centavo-30 centavos and 1 peso, 10 values as imperforated plate proofs in issued colours on India (only 30 centavos on carton); 5 centavos carmine small marginal thin and 20 centavos with creased corner, otherwise fine, a scarce set (Especializado 25-33, 35)

1 centavo green, sunken die proof with file number 25277, mounted on larger presentation card (Selchi P20)

10 centavos, plate proof in blue (unissued in this colour) on India paper, marginal block of 8, fine and scarce

10 centavos orange and 20 centavos grey-black as composite die proof on India paper, fixed on sunken card, very fine and scarce

5 centavos blue in horizontal pair tied to postal stationery envelope 10 centavos as registered letter from "VALPARAISO 19 JUL 97" via London to Kirkee, India and re-directed to Bombay with several transit and arrival marks; some light toning, otherwise fine, a scarce destination

5 centavos blue, 6 copies tied to front and reverse of registered envelope from "PORTO COQUIMBO 23 OCT. 96" to Valparaiso, addressed to the Swedish geologist and polar explorer Otto Nordenskjöld, who led mineralogical expeditions in Patagonia in the 1890's; minor transportation marks

10 centavos orange, 2 copies tied by cds. "VALPARAISO Cerpf. EXP. 29.VIII.93" to postal stationery envelope 5 centavos violet as registered cover with adjacent "VALPARAISO A.R." to Lima, Peru; slight transportation marks, still fine and scarce

10 centavos orange, horizontal pair and single tied by cds. "VALPARAISO CERTIFICADO 15 MAY 96" to postal stationery envelope 20 centavos as registered cover to Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela; the envelope small tear at right and slight transportation marks

15 centavos greenish-grey (small defect at lower right), tied to postal stationery envelope 5 centavos violet as registered letter from Santiago 1898 via Valparaiso and London to Passoeroean on Isle of Java with transit and arrival marks; a very unusual destination

25 centavos and re-engraved 1 centavo and 2 centavos (2) tied to registered letter from "VALPARAISO 18.XII.99" via New York and San Francisco with transit register label to Syndey, New South Wales with transit and arrival marks; a fine cover with scarce destination

25 centavos orange-brown with 1900, 10 centavos violet and 1901, 5 centavos blue tied to triple rate registered envelope from "OSORNO 12 JUL (1902)" to Germany with arrival mark

50 centavos lilac, tied by Valparaiso cds. to larger size registered envelope endorsed "Via Magallanes" to Sydney, New South Wales with transit marks of New York and London; slight usual transportation marks, a scarce single franking

1 peso brown/black, tied by Santiago cds. to registered envelope to Paris with arrival mark of 12.7.1905; the stamp tiny nick at top, the cover with slight transportation marks and opened on 2 sides; a scarce single franking

1894, Re-drawn values 1 centavo green and 2 centavos carmine, each in block of 4 with different overprints "SPECIMEN", 2 centavos with additional punch holes, also both values in horizontal blocks of 10, unused (Especializado 36-37)

2 centavos carmine, sunken die proof mounted on larger presentation card

2 centavos carmine, sheet of 100 stamps, punched and gummed (few with gum disturbances), without "SPECIMEN", from the ABNC archives; one stamp missing corner, otherwise fine

1 centavo green in horizontal pair, tied to postal stationery envelope 10 centavos as registered printed matter from "VALPARAISO 1.VI.98" to Rosario with adjacent "VIA ANDES", transit and arrival marks on reverse, fine

1877/94, Unused and used collection on album pages with some specimen and multiples including used block of 20 of 10 centavos orange; a nice and interesting group

1900, Cabezones: The Bourne vignette die proof of the central design with indicated frame design on thick paper, dated "30/8/99"; one of two recorded such proofs, fine and rare

Master die proof without value tablets in black on thick paper with number in top margin (here little thinned); very scarce, only one other copy recorded

1900/01, Cabezones: Die proof 10 centavos type I in unissued colour light-brown, printed on India paper, fixed in carton frame (this slightly creased); very scarce (Selchi P39)

1900/01, Cabezones: Die proofs in black with manuscript numerals in the top margins, printed in India, all punched but still intact, thinnings at the top margin and 30 centavos here somewhat damages; a very scarce set

1 centavo, 2 centavos and 5 centavos orange, perforated composite proof in horizontal strip of 3 with margins on 3 sides, with overprint "WATERLOW & SONS LTD. SPECIMEN" and with small punch holes, ungummed; fine and scarce, also similar imperforated proof of 5 centavos mounted on paper

2 centavos type I, 6 copies tied to commercial cover from "OSORNO 24 ENE 901" to Singapore with arrival mark of April 14; a fine and scarce multiple franking to unusual destination

2 centavos in type II and 20 centavos in type I, tied to postal stationery card 1 centavos green as registered postcard with short text from "VALPARAISO 12.VI.90" to Germany with arrival mark on front, fine and scarce

5 centavos blue and 10 centavos violet, both in type I, tied by somewhat unclear cds. to registered envelope with acknowledgement of receipt from Santiago 1900 via New York and San Francisco (transit register label) to Auckland, New Zealand; some light creasing and on reverse usual marks where the receipt was taken off; a highly unusual destination (Especializado 41, 42)

1900/10, Columbus issues, collection of unused and used stamps and multiples on 18 exhibition pages, including unused and used multiples, 1905 issue (without 1 centavo) with "SPECIMEN" and one die proof