366. Auktion März 2018

3 centavos on 5 centavos, the overprint error, 2 blocks of 4, one with top right stamp with variety 'A without bar', the other one with shifted overprint and one stamp with variety "CORRCOS", both large parts o.g., very fine

3 centavos on 5 centavos, tied by cds. "SANTIAGO 13.VIII.904" to commercial local cover; the stamp with some missing perfs and cover lightly folded; a very scarce franking Provenance: Gerhard Blank (1991)

12 centavos on 5 centavos with colourful additional franking, used on opened out registered envelope from "VALDIVIA 20 JUL. 1908" via Santiago, New York, Seattle (transit register label) and Shanghai (Chinese PO) to Tsingtau with arrival mark of the German post of 21.9.; slight age and transportation marks, still attractive and scarce

1904/09, Columbus issue 1 centavo, die proof in black on carton, mounted on sunken card, very fine

1910, Independence 1 centavo-10 pesos unused including additional 2 pesos in block of 4 and marginal pair 5 centavos with plate number

1910, Independence 1 centavo, 3 centavos and 15 centavos and (on reverse and originally uncancelled) 1 centavo and 10 centavos on large size registered cover from "VALDIVIA 9 FEB. 13" to Zavidovic with arrival and censor marks tying the stamps on reverse; interesting cover during the first Balkan war

1910, Independence issue 5 centavos, plate proof of the frame only in vertical pair on carton, very fine

12 centavos, die proofs of the center only and entire stamp, the first on sunken card, the second on India fixed on sunken card, very fine

2 peso tied by cds. "VALPARAISO 20 ENE 11" to not quite complete wrapper endorsed "Certificado impresos" to France, showing on reverse violet cachet of Vina del Mar Sugar Refinery; a remarkable and rare single franking

1911/13, Presidents, McDonald die proofs 1 centavo, 2 centavos, 4 centavos, 5 centavos, 15 centavos and 1 peso on carton paper, cut to shape; fine and scarce

14 centavos carmine/black, die proof on India, fixed on sunken card

10 pesos orange/black, die proof on India, fixed on large size presentation card

10 pesos orange/yellow together with fiscal stamps 5 centavos blue (2) and 20 centavos orange, tied to parcel card from "VALPARAISO 10 FEB. 23" to New York; a very high and attractive franking

1911/13, Presidents, small unused collection including the complete set of 22 values in blocks of 4 and 5 plate proofs

1923, Pan-American Conference, small specialized collection with unused and used stamps and multiples and 28 letters and cards including philatelic registered letters with multiples of the peso-values

50 centavos green/black with 1834, Perez 30 centavos tied to registered envelope from "SN BERNANDO 16 JUL 36" to San Sebastian, Spain with Spanish censor label and mark and returned with adjacent "DEVUELTO ZONA OCUPADA", several transit and arrival marks; interesting letter during the Spanish Civil War

1928/35, Presidents with watermark: 10 pesos as single franking on large size registered envelope with a weight between 200 and 220 g to Berlin with arrival mark; a fine and scarce single franking of the high value (Especializado 148)

1942, University Centenary 100 pesos used on sealed registered envelope from the British embassy at Santiago 1943 to Washington D.C. with transit and arrival marks, fine and scarce franking

1953, Special souvenir sheet (178:228 mm), usual light bend

1839, Lettersheet with blue cds. "PARIS .. JUIN 39" addressed to the Chilean Envoy at Paris, at that time residing at London, taxed in France with "20" decimes, in England "2/6"; a fine early cover

1854, Lettersheet with red "LONDON PAID 21 APR. 1854" addressed to Blanco Encalada at Paris with transit mark on front, prepaid with "1/3"; interesting historical entire

1858, Folded cover from president Manuel Montt with his seal on reverse with frontside oval "FRANCA" and cds. "VALPARAISO 22 FEBRO 58" to the Sylvestre Ochagania, a senior civil servant, fine and scarce early presidential mail

1861, "CONSULATE U.S.A. VALPARAISO", superb strike on front of entire letter from Valparaiso to New York, showing on front "STEAMSHIP 10"; 2 filing creases not disturbing the overall good impression; fine and scarce forwarded letter

1886 "ADMINISTRACION PRINCIPAL DE CORREOS DE SANTIAGO", oval embossing with locomotive in center on official envelope from "SANTIAGO 14 DIC. 85" to Constantinople with frontside arrival marks of the British PO and Galata arrival mark on reverse; slightly stained and 2 vertical filing creases

1858/1945, Interesting collection on exhibition pages including 6 items of presidential mail, mail of different ministries, the Chamber of Deputies, the Senate and post office correspondence

OFFICIAL STAMPS: 1926/28, 1 peso tied to large size wrapper from the National Library at Santiago sent locally; a fine and scarce single franking

1941/54, 5 pesos green, horizontal block of 8 tied to registered airmail cover from "SANTIAGO 15. JUN. 56" to Bruxelles, Belgium, slight transportation marks

1958, Antarctica 10 pesos with additional franking used on official registered cover from "SANTIAGO 16. DIC. 1958" to Germany; the cover light vertical fold, not affecting the stamps; the scarcest franking of "OFICIAL"-stamps

1907/60, Unused and used collection with several stamps of 1907 issue, multiples, "SPECIMEN" and varieties; an interesting object on exhibition pages

1926/60, Postal history collection with 38 covers, many to abroad and/or registered, including scarce frankings; an impressive object

1855/70 (ca.), 3 covers and 3 fronts with different markings resp. manuscript notation

1880, "MULTADA 40 c.", oval handstamp on entire letter from Liverpool to Huasco, franked with 1873/80, 1 shilling green (2, one round corner) and 6 d. grey (4, one with filing crease); since the postage paid only the distance to the landing harbor Valparaiso, the handstamp was applied to pay the distance to final destination; an unusual use of the Multada handstamp

1884/92, Multada handstamps 4 centavos and 2 centavos on 5 unfranked or unsufficiently franked covers

1894, 2 centavos tied cds. "VALPARAISO 23.XII.94" to local cover franked with 1 centavo; cover creases not effecting the franking, scarce

1894, First issue 10 centavos black, tied by Valparaiso cds. to Dutch postal stationery envelope 5 cent with uncancelled 7½ cent on reverse from "AMSTERDAM 24 NOV. 94", transit and arrival marks; a very scarce combination

1895, New design perf. 11, 2 centavos red on yellow, 2 copies, tied by different Multada handstamps to 2 postcards 1 centavo 1895 from Valparaiso to Santiago, one little stained