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2041

"Correo/Antofagasta/10c" blue ornate octagonal frank, Department of Litoral, full clear strike of this frank on 1878 cover to the United States, the single strike paying the single rate to a Pacific coast country, matching blue "Franca" in fancy diamond tying a Great Britain 6p Grey wing-margin single, plate 15 (S.G. #147), on the reverse is a Lima transit of the Peruvian post office, however there are no British markings to indicate how or whether it entered the British system, it seems to have been recognized as paid for the ocean passage as a "New York/Jun 2/Due 5 Cents" was the only postage due assessed on arrival to the United States, perf. flaws at left, very fine; a handsome and rare cover. (Image)

Est. $1,500-2,000

SOLD for $9,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

2042

"Correo/Antofagasta/10c" blue ornate octagonal frank, Department of Litoral, an interesting mate to the above cover with two clear strikes of this frank on 1878 cover to the United States, two strikes paying the double rate to a Pacific coast country, one ties a 1/- Green wing-margin single, plate 13 (S.G. #150), in addition at bottom left is a very rare full strike of "Admon de Correos de Bolivia/Antofagasta" handstamp with detailed illustrated arms in the center, no other British or other countries postal markings except for a "New York/Jun 2/Due 5 Cents" handstamp applied on arrival, choice very fine and extraordinarily rare. (Image)

Est. $2,000-3,000

SOLD for $14,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

2043

"Cancelado" ornate black oval of La Chimba, Department of Litoral, on beautiful 1873 cover to Trier, Germany, accompanied by black boxed "Franca" handstamp, routed to Callao, Peru receiving "Callao" in dots handstamp of the Peruvian post office and "Callao/SP 28 73" small c.d.s. of the British post office on the reverse, "1s/5d" due handstamp on the front with matching boxed "Unpaid" handstamp, blue "195' crayon due marking, London and Cologne transits, backstamped, very fine; a wonderful and rare combination cover of the Bolivian and British post office; ex-Kornan. (Image)

Est. $2,000-3,000

SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction

2044

"Cancelado" ornate black oval of La Chimba, Department of Litoral, another 1873 cover being the mate to the previous cover of the same correspondence to Trier, Germany, accompanied by black boxed "Franca" handstamp, this was also routed to Callao, Peru receiving "Callao/MR 27 73" small c.d.s. of the British post office on the reverse, however this cover went via Panama receiving the three-line transit handstamp and was given to a French packet for transit to Europe with black "Panama/Paq Fr. A No. 2" octagonal c.d.s., "10" blue crayon due marking, Paris and Metz transits, backstamped, light cover wrinkles, very fine; another rare combination cover of the Bolivian and British post office with addition of the unusual usage of a French packet to Europe showing a different routing for the same destination. (Image)

Est. $1,500-2,000

SOLD for $950.00
Will close during Public Auction

2045

"Correos de la Chimba/Bolivia" negative blue ship illustrated handstamp, Department of Litoral, attractive strike of this rare and popular marking used on foreign ship mail going out of Bolivia's seacoast port of La Chamba, on 1877 cover to Hamburg, Germany, matching ornate "Cancelado" oval and boxed "Franca", in addition there is a very rare "La Chimba/Enrero./21 1877" three-line handstamp on the reverse, sent via British packet with three-line "Panama/4 FE 1877/Transit" handstamp, London c.d.s. transit on the reverse and backstamped Hamburg, rated "360" due in blue crayon, edge wrinkles and opened a bit roughly at top not affecting any markings, nearly very fine; a very rare ship cover to an equally rare destination as very little mail during this period was sent to Germany; signed P. Holcombe and accompanied by his 1989 certificate. (Image)

Est. $1,500-2,000

SOLD for $1,050.00
Will close during Public Auction

2046

"Correos de la Chimba/Bolivia" negative blue ship illustrated handstamp, Department of Litoral, 1877 cover to France with two strikes of the blue ship marking accompanied by a variety of matching blue handstamps including "Admon de Correos/de/La Chimba" three-line handstamp, straight line "Franca" and "T/170" rate marking, carried to Lima, Peru with that post office's transit and turned over to the British post office at Callao with small "Callao/JU 28 77" c.d.s. on reverse, also London transit on the reverse and Calais entry c.d.s., backstamped Paris, very fine; an attractive and rare combination of the Bolivian post office featuring this lovely ship illustrated postmark and the British postal agency. (Image)

Est. $1,500-2,000

SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction

2047

"Correos de la Chimba/Bolivia" negative blue ship illustrated handstamp, Department of Litoral, an unusually well struck example of this marking illustrating a ship, on 1877 cover to Lausanne, Switzerland, furthermore, a variety of services was required to get it there, possesses two strikes of a matching "Franca" straight line handstamp, transported to Callao, Peru where turned over to the British post office with small "Callao/SP 21 77" c.d.s. on the reverse, by British ship to Panama receiving the three line transit of Panama and then turned over to a French packet with red "Panama/Paq Fr A no.2/Oct. 1 77" octagonal c.d.s., backstamped, edge wear to the cover at right causing a couple of edge tears and the ship marking barely affected by wrinkles, a fine and extremely rare destination; it is very likely that this is one of no more than two or three covers of this period to Switzerland, as most of the little mail that went to Europe was to France or Great Britain; a wonderful combination of the Bolivian post office and British postal agency as well as the unusual usage of a French packet. (Image)

Est. $1,500-2,000

SOLD for $1,050.00
Will close during Public Auction

2048

"Correos de la Chimba/Bolivia" negative blue ship handstamp, Department of Litoral, unusually clear strike of this rare marking with an illustration of a ship in the center, on 1877 cover to Valparaiso, Chile with three matching strikes of the "Franca" handstamp, plus rare "Fuera de Balija" straight line handstamp, backstamped, mild cover fold at left, very fine and rare. (Image)

Est. $400-500

SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction

BRITISH POSTAL AGENCY AT CALLAO

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2049

"Correos de la Chimba/Bolivia" negative black ship illustrated handstamp, Department of Litoral, an unusual 1875 cover to England with two full strikes of this rare ship marking of La Chamba tying a Great Britain 6p Grey, plate 14, right wing-margin strip of three, matching black ornate "Cancelado" and boxed "Franca", the routing of this cover is a bit unusual in that it has a September 25th Valparaiso c.d.s. on the reverse and ms. per "Liguira", the collector noted that this was sent via this ship of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company for direct transmission from Valparaiso to Liverpool, however it also has a British post office Callao c.d.s. of October 6th where it evidently entered the British system and it is unclear why it went so far south to only go back north again, backstamped Liverpool, small edge flaws to the left stamp otherwise very fine and attractive; a very rare combination of the Bolivian post office and the British Postal Agency. (Image)

Est. $2,000-3,000

SOLD for $19,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

2050

"Correos de la Chimba/Bolivia" negative black ship illustrated handstamp, Department of Litoral, an impressive 1876 cover posted out of La Chamba to Stade, Germany in combination with Great Britain adhesives for British packet service to Europe, two strikes of the black ship postmarks both canceling and tying a Great Britain horizontal pair of the 4p Vermilion, plate 14, with a wing-margin horizontal pair of the 6p Grey, plate 15 (S.G. Callao #Z37, Z46) tied by somewhat indistinct "C38" numeral in oval of bars establishing that this entered the British post office at Callao, Peru, other Bolivian markings include two strikes of ornate blue "Cancelado" handstamp, London transit, backstamped, stamps with a trace of perf. tip toning, tissue paper cover has small edge flaws including a corner tear at bottom right, fine and incredibly attractive; British stamps were not generally available at Antofagasta but apparently several parties had stamps for their foreign postings thus making this exceptionally rare combination cover of the Bolivian post office there and the British Agency at Callao, Peru; 1969 RPS certificate. (Image)

Est. $3,000-4,000

SOLD for $16,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

2051

"Correos de Tocopilla/Franco" blue circular handstamp, Department of Litoral, typical light strike of this extraordinarily rare postmark on 1877 cover to Camborne, England, franked with Great Britain 6p Grey, plate 14 and 1/- Green, plate 12, (S.G. Callao #Z46, Z54), the stamps were applied in Tocopilla, Bolivia and pen cancelled plus a blue oval "Cancelado" handstamp matching the town marking is tying the 1/- value, carried by post to Callao and turned over to the British post office where the stamps were tied by a single strike of the "C38" numeral cancel and a "A/Callao/DE 13 77" c.d.s. of that office was applied to the reverse, backstamped, some age stains and edge tears to the cover, otherwise fine; presumably the sender had taken the adhesives to Tocopilla and applied them there thus the pen and Bolivian cancellations; extremely rare combination cover of the Bolivian post office and British Postal Agency in Callao, Peru; ex-Glassco. (Image)

Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $5,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

2052

"Correos de Tocopilla/Franco" blue circular handstamp, Department of Litoral, similar cover of the same correspondence with a light strike of this postmark on 1877 cover to Camborne, England, franked with Great Britain 6p Grey, plate 15 and 1/- Green, plate 12, (S.G. Callao #Z46, Z54), similarly pen cancelled and with a single strike of the "C38" numeral cancel, "A/Callao/OC 28 77" c.d.s. on the reverse, Plymouth transit and backstamped, slight soiling to the stamps and edge faults to the cover including being reduced at bottom, another rare combination cover; ex-Glassco. (Image)

Est. $500-750

SOLD for $3,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

BRITISH POSTAL AGENCY AT COBIJA

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2053

"Lamar/Franca" blue circular handstamp, Department of Litoral, 1867 folded cover to France with Bolivian postal marking of the coastal port of Lamar, turned over to the British post office of Cobija (Lamar) with blue "Cobija/C/JY 7 67" c.d.s., "GB/1F90c" British rate handstamp with London transit on the reverse, large "12" handstamp for 12 decimes due, Calais transit, backstamped Paris, very fine and exceptionally choice; the British postal agency in Cobija was believed to have opened in 1862 and closed in 1881, the largest percentage of the few covers that are known from this post office are from the mid-1870's, this cover of 1867 is very much out of the ordinary and exceedingly rare in this premium condition from this early period. (Image)

Est. $1,500-2,000

SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction

2054

"Correos de la Chimba/Bolivia" negative black ship illustrated handstamp, Department of Litoral, a marvelous strike of this ship cancel in black which is far rarer than the blue, on an amazing 1875 combination cover with the British Postal Agency in Bolivia to France, other Bolivian markings of the La Chimba (Antofagast) post office include an equally well struck ornate "Cancelado" oval and boxed "Franca", turned over to the British Post office in Lamar with clear "Cobija/C/JY 22 75" c.d.s. and franked with Great Britain 2p Blue, plate 13 and 1/- Green, plate 10 (S.G. #Z2 var., Z10; only plate 14 is listed for the 2p and even it is not priced), indistinctly cancelled by what is presumed to be light "C39" cancels of the Cobija British post office, the 1/- value is also tied by the French Calais entry transit, red London transit and red "PD" are also on the front, backstamped Paris; choice very fine; of all the British Postal Agency offices Cobija in Bolivia is among the rarest, very few covers are known with Great Britain adhesives used out of this office, and even covers originating out of Bolivia with Great Britain stamps often enter the British postal system at Callao, Peru or some other British office; this cover is the epitome of a combination cover of the Bolivian and British post offices, not only is it of the greatest rarity but it is probably the finest and most beautiful example of this usage with marvelously clear markings and colors all on the front; this cover was featured as the color frontispiece in the famous Glassco Collection of British Post Offices Abroad; signed A. D(iena) and accompanied by a 1972 RPS certificate; ex-Glassco. (Image)

Est. $10,000-15,000

SOLD for $24,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

2055

Cobija (Lamar) British Postal Agency c.d.s. Department of Litoral, a pair of 1876 covers from the same correspondence posted directly at the British post office in Bolivia with Great Britain franking, one with 6p Grey, plate 14 and wing-margin 1/- Green, plate 10 (S.G. #Z8, Z10; edge fault to to the wing margin) tied by "C39" numeral in oval of bars with "Cobija/C/JY 20 76" British c.d.s. beside, the other with a rather attractive 1/-Green vertical strip of three, plate 10 (S.G. #Z10) tied by two bold strikes of the "C39" cancel of this office, the two covers were posted in the same manner to Guilford, England arriving about two weeks apart in August of that year, both marked "via Panama/pe. W. I. Mail/to Southampton" and backstamped, both also have had a piece with the stamps cut from the cover and rejoined with hinges, the Cobija cancel is included on the piece with the stamps, despite the condition these two covers are of the greatest rarity being two of only a handful of covers known from this British post office in Bolivia at Cobija with Great Britain stamps. (imagea) (Image)

Est. $1,500-2,000

SOLD for $15,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

2056

Cobija (Lamar) British Postal Agency c.d.s. Department of Litoral, fresh 1878 cover to Hamburg, Germany, posted from Bolivia directly at the Cobija British post office in Lamar without going through the Bolivian post office, light "Cobija/C/MR 7 78" black c.d.s., "T/1-70" blue British rate handstamp and "180" blue crayon due marking, London transit, backstamped, very fine; the Cobija British post office is one of the rarest offices that saw the least usage in the British Empire. (Image)

Est. $500-750

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction

GREAT BRITAIN STAMPS USED IN BOLIVIA

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2057

Great Britain stamps used in Bolivia, a study of eleven singles and three pairs with various cancels, includes six items with the "C39" numeral cancels of the British post office in Cobija including 6p Violet, plate 9, a pair of the 6p Gray, plate 14 plus an unlisted earlier 6p Violet with small corner letters, plate 4 with hairlines, the other eight items are used out of Antofagasta (La Chimba), there was no British post office at this port but evidently certain merchants kept a stock of British stamps to frank their mail which was often routed through the British post office in Callao, Peru, however the stamps were applied in Bolivia and cancelled with various post post marks of Antofagasta, includes four singles including a 10p Red Brown, plate 1, plus a rejoined pair of the 4p Vermilion, plate 14, all cancelled with "Cancelado" oval of La Chimba, plus a 1/- Green plate 13 tied to piece by the Antofagasta 10c frank and a 6p Gray, plate 16 with a central fancy diamond "Franca" handstamp, etc. condition of the stamps varies with a few faults present, but most are fine-very fine and an exceptionally rare assemblage of some of the rarest postmarks on British stamps. (Image)

Est. $2,000-3,000

SOLD for $3,250.00
Will close during Public Auction

INBOUND MAIL TO BOLIVIA

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2058

Americas inbound mail to Bolivia balance of collection, plus a few later from other miscellaneous countries around the world, interesting selection of 27 covers including ten attractive covers from Argentina to Bolivia, starts with an 1801 pre-stamp cover with "Buenos/Ayres." straight line handstamp to Potosi in colonial period Bolivia, includes five other nice stampless including rare fancy negative oval of Salta, also four stamped covers, one with 5c Red Confederation issue (#1) and another with sheet margin 10c Green of the first Republic issue (#6; 1991 Peter Holcombe certificate), also includes two 1867 covers from the United States with 24c Gray franking in combination with two 5c Brown or 10c Green (#67,76,78), two covers from Chile and a very interesting cover from Para, Brazil on the Amazon that went all the way out to the Atlantic around to St. Thomas where a 1/- Green of Great Britain was applied for British packet to Cobija with British post office c.d.s., then to Santa Cruz in the interior of Bolivia, which was actually a relatively short distance from where it started if it could have gone overland, a few cover faults to the United States covers, most are clean and attractive, fine-very fine; a most interesting collection of mostly 19th century mail to Bolivia; accompanied by two certificates. (imagea) (imageb) (Image)

Est. $1,500-2,000

SOLD for $17,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

2059

"Salta/Franca" sunburst oval handstamp, very rare example of this illustrated pre-stamp marking on 1855 entire folded letter to Cobija, Bolivia, matching "Franca" straight line handstamp at left, blue "Potosi" straight line handstamp transit on the reverse, very fine; this figure of the Sun God of the Inca's was used by both Argentina and Peru as a symbol of their countries Inca heritage, only two or three examples of this marking are known and this is the only recorded example on a letter to Bolivia. (Image)

Est. $500-750

SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction

2060

1, 9

#1, 9, 1849-50 10c Bister and 1Fr Carmine horizontal pair, scarce first issue franking on 1852 entire folded letter to La Paz, Bolivia, margins to just in on both values, tied by black lozenge roller cancel, pair is also tied by the Paris c.d.s. and the London transit, carried by British packet via Panama, "Lamar" straight line handstamp and ms. "2 1/2" reales postage to be collected for delivery from Lamar to La Paz, edge wear to cover causing some fold separation, otherwise fine and a rare early inbound cover. (Image)

Est. $500-750

SOLD for $1,400.00
Will close during Public Auction