1820s-1850s PRE-ADHESIVE COVERS, deluxe stockbook with 60 items (a very few fronts), nearly all internal mail, with many rated “80” to “100” by Colareta, towns include Arequipa (3), Arica (4 incl. one with diamond “VAPOR” hs), Ayacucho, Bolivar (early Trujillo, front), Callao (2, one “FRANCA,” one “VAPOR”), Camana, Capitano del Puerto de Huanchaco, Guancayo, Guancavelica, Huaraz (2), Lampa, Locumba, Paita / 2.R, Pasco (6, one unlisted hexagonal PASCO / 2R / FRANCA), Piura, Puno (2), S. Pedro, Tacna (2), extremely rare Tarapaca, “Trugillio,” Trujillo (5), “VAPOR PERU / P” (2 similar used from Islay), Yca, Yslay (2), and then the Lima (ca. 14 hs in black, red and blue) incl. one with bold red boxed “MZ” used 1826, and another unlisted with splayed legs to “M” of “LIMA.” In all, a solid foundation for further development, nearly every item is extensively annotated, please examine (Est. € 600/900) (Image)

INBOUND MAIL, 1826-84, spectacular holding on stock and exhibit pages, over 35 covers plus couple fronts or large fragments, highlights incl. 1857 3-colour SARDINIA franking from AIX LES BAINS, SAVOY. Other countries of origin incl. France, GB, Germany or States, Spain, Uruguay and important USA, a great resource for both Peru and home-country collectors, please examine (Est. € 1’000/1’600) (Image)

1835-1877, Peru Cross-Border Mail, wide variety among the 47 covers (few fronts) with stampless, early frankings incl. several 1p, Lecoq and ABNCo “Llama” issues, sent to (few from, but with Peruvian franking or hs) Bolivia, Chile or Ecuador, with outstanding group of s/l “VAPOR (ship name) / P” hs e.g. “Chile” (4 in 3 diff. colours), “Peru,” “Santiago” and “N. Granada,” plus fancy “Callao Vapor” and “Lima Vapor” hs, a lot with much quality and value which would easily be realised at retail or internet, examine (Est. € 500/800) (Image)

1846-81, Deluxe stockbook full of over 55 interesting covers (couple fronts), vast majority thoroughly annotated, many of use to ship mail exhibitors, from a few stampless to early issues, e.g. 1st issue 1p tied by “Steamship 10” cancel on its way from Lima to Boston, later incl. Lecoqs, ABNCo issues, etc., much useful material incl. Peru / GB Office mixed franking, other British P.O. and Panama transit covers, variety of destinations incl. several Spain, several 1879-80 ovpt. issue showpieces, and much more. Condition slightly mixed but a treasure trove nonetheless, careful and thoughtful examination recommended (Est. € 1’200/1’800) (Image)

TRAIN MAIL, 1856-79, 10 covers and a large piece on exhibit pages, most franked, showing both the 5c reduced rate for mail by train and the 3c rate for printed matter by train (rare!), variety of frankings incl. couple stampless, Lecoqs, also 1877 10c BISECT (Scott n° 25, not listed), examine (Est. € 200/300) (Image)

1858-61 First, Second & Third Issues, the Bargholtz plating stock, a tremendous research opportunity with a total of 53 pairs and well over 950 singles, many plated by transfer types incl. the complicated third issues, occasional unused (incl. no gum pair of Scott n° 3) and of course a wealth of cancels present of all styles, incl. many struck in blue and also a few in red, condition is mixed as can be expected but a good (and valuable) percentage (incl. many pairs of Scott n°3) are very fine. Careful examination recommended (Est. € 800/1’200) (Image)

1858-61 1 dinero Blues, binder with 33 covers and one large piece including 20 with pairs as franking, includes 1st issue (19 items incl. 15 with pairs), 2nd issue (6 items, 1 pair) and 3rd issues (9 items, 4 pairs) with nearly all plated as to transfer type, setting, etc. with much cancel interest incl. superb straight-lines, etc. Worthy of consideration as nearly all are prime exhibit material, mostly very fine (Est. € 1’000/1’400) (Image)

1858-61 1 peseta Reds, great lot of 9 covers incl. 1st issue (2, both March 1858), 2nd issue (1, stamp showing strong wear) and 3rd issue (6 incl. one with two stamps as franking), generally fine to very fine, excellent exhibit potential with most plated (Est. € 500/750) (Image)

1858 to modern, thick stockbook filled with various issues in varying quantities, lots of inexpensive issues throughout but with the hope of finding a “nugget” among the varieties and cancels, examine, some useful 19th century, fine overall (Est. € 100/200) (many 100s) (Image)

1858 to modern, wonderful large collection done “British style” in 10 albums (less binders), huge total SG catalogue value and many hundreds of stamps (often a nice mint set plus several pages of different cancels followed by a variety of covers incl. reg’d, to overseas, etc. with a particularly strong section of Peru-Chile War with many issues rarely if ever seen in collections, also strong Lecoq issues (mint and used with a few uncommon cancels), an album of mint stationery and another of “back of book,” and much more. Inspection recommended, fine overall (well over 1’000 stamps and well over 600 covers) (Est. € 600/1’200) (Image)

1862 1d Red &1868 1d Green Lecoq issues, terrific group of covers incl. 11 1d Red, incl. two with “Conduccion del Cartero Gratis” hs, variety of towns, and 8 with 1d Green incl. one with three examples, nearly all carefully annotated, examine, fine to very fine (Est. € 300/400) (Image)

1862-73 Lecoq Issues, large accumulation on stock sheets, occasional unused but mostly used showing large array of shades and cancels (incl. blue and red) to pick through, some paper joins, a few nice pairs, etc. with much potential for specialists and dealers, examine, many items are very fine (ca. 480 stamps plus some fakes, reprints, etc. and 13 pairs + 1d Green strip of 3) (Est. € 1’200/1’500) (Image)

1866-67 American Banknote Co. “Llama” issues, highly diverse accumulation on exhibit and stock pages, incl. examples of the 1874-75 2nd printings, some 150 stamps incl. variety of cancels, then a useful showing of covers (or large pieces) for each value incl. 5c (7, two with two stamps, one of these assessed 10c due, plus large part-cover with strip of 4 to BOLIVIA), 10c (6, two franked by pairs incl. one from Pisagua to CHILE, also single franking via British P.O to France, plus cover front to Genova, ITALY with 2.40 diecimi due, paid by Dues) and 20c (3 pieces, one of them a part-cover, all with BISECTS, the last in Oct. 1876 to Valparaiso, CHILE. An important lot, especially for the covers, examine (Est. € 400/600) (Image)

1874-99 Issues, fat stockbook neatly laid out stamp by stamp, incl. Dues and Officials, primarily in catalogue order, solid showing of the various 1880-1895 Provisionals with few extra pages of cancellations starting with the earlier types (1858 etc.) and showing a large range of diff. Lima cds, also includes a few proofs and a page of varieties which Scott states were made for collectors. An excellent basis for specialisation, fine to very fine overall (Est. € 300/400) (about 1’080 stamps) (Image)

POSTAGE DUES, 1874-1936, large collection with duplication on various pages, incl. 1st issue specimens, unissued 1874 2c die proof with used USA 1869 12c showing same steamship vignette, some plate proofs, later with various cancels, a few specimens, etc. plus a thick collection and accumulation of the Unemployment Fund and later Postal Tax issues (Scott RA14 etc.) incl. errors, varieties and uses on covers. Much value in the Dues, examine, fine or very fine overall (about 185 items of Dues, 100+ of Postal Tax) (Est. € 220/300) (Image)

POSTAL STATIONERY, 1875 – ca. 1910, attractive boxful of over 100 mainly crisp mint (incl. shade and paper varieties), plus gold mine of about 120 used (most annotated), both domestic and numerous foreign destinations (both neighbouring and to several European countries (one to TAHITI !), incl. many uprated. The types incl. postal cards (mostly, with depth in provisional issues), entires, letter cards, message-reply cards and wrappers. This would easily form the nucleus of an award-winning exhibit, please examine, mostly very fine, an appetising lot (Est. € 400/600) (Image)

1876-1904 TELEGRAPHS, long-time accumulation on 2 stock pages incl. about 75 stamps mint or used, nearly complete by Yvert (n° 1/17 less 13a & 14a) and showing interesting range of cancels, also nh block of 8 of Yv. n° 3 and 1889 telegraph receipt franked by 1884-86 10c postage, overall fine or better, examine (Est. € 40/50) (Image)

1876-1932 + few later, Massive partly annotated accumulation of about 175 covers in two albums, frankings incl. large multiples, 2 bisects, postal tax, etc. with a great range of rates and usages (e.g. registered, certified, “AR”) covering the whole period (incl. a few Chilean occupation), with nearly all sent to foreign destinations incl. scarcer (e.g. British Guiana). We are confident that it would take years to form a similar hand-picked group that lends itself to exhibits by issue or postal history subject for this long period. Please examine (Est. € 500/800) (Image)

1879-82 Peru-Chile War & Chilean Occupation, profuse accumulation built with a specialist’s eye and including good quantities of unusual stamps besides larger groups of Chilean Occupation and Arequipa incl. multiples, also 10 Chile with Peruvian cancels incl. occupied Lima, Callao, etc. A promising start with much worthwhile material, examine (Est. € 300/600) (ca. 200 items) (Image)

1885-1940 OFFICIAL SEALS, important accumulation in stockbook, nearly cplt. range of different issues distinguished by paper and colour, both Lima and national issues, noted Lima tete-beche block of four, one with top line of text inverted and another double print with one inverted, all used for damaged mail and some later for registered mail, well over 225 total stamps (about 30+ diff. incl. imperf. varieties), some in pairs incl. double perfs between, finally 1916 reg’d cover with seal folded over and tied, 1940 piece from France (seal tied) and 1984 airmail cover from France with two seals tied at ends, examine, very fine overall (Est. € 300/400) (Image)

1886/1937 American Banknote Co. issues, impressive collection of SPECIMENS in album, incl. Airs, Dues, etc. incl. the rarest issues, total of about 315 stamps with a few multiples, the Specimen ovpts. include red, black and blue, some hole punched (and some of these without ovpt.), with numerous different letter fonts, orientations and printing varieties. Accompanied by letter and photocopies of explanation of the distinction among certain printings, e.g. the 1935 archival reprints of the 1895 Seated Liberty issue (7 values). A wonderful resource with only 3 or 4 collections this complete possible. Vast majority nh, very fine (Est. € 400/600) (Image)

1899-1900 Pictorial Postal Cards, small album with about 30 items incl. both mint and used (some to Switzerland), one is a later card (future of port of Callao), fits well with the stationery holding offered elsewhere herein, generally very fine (Est. € 100/150) (Image)

1908-10 EXPRESS (Special Delivery) stamps, specialised group incl. 10 mint or used singles incl. E1 & E3 with ovpts. inverted / reversed, then covers with E2 and two with E3, scarce and fine or better, one signed A. Diena (Est. € 200/300) (Image)

1925-28 Tacna & Arica Dispute with Chile, excellent hoard of about 20 covers and cards with use of the Postal Tax issues (Scott RA1-12) incl. few reg’d, some used on ps, etc., plus two “forerunners” (1912 pc from Peru with hand-drawn map of conflict area, 1912 pc from Arica, Chile with franking of latter), then 7 covers with 1925 “Plebiscito” frankings (incl. 2 and 5 stamps) and one with mixed Plebiscito / Postal Tax franking (philatelic, to Panama CZ). Then 3 USA Navy covers from Arica during the Plebiscite period, and finally, 7 stock or album pages stuffed with mostly mint examples of the Postal Tax incl. couple large multiples, specimens, and range of cancels. A great start for a one-frame exhibit, mixed condition but mostly fine or better (Est. € 300/400) (Image)

METER POSTAGE, 1926 (15c mint wrapper) to 1977 (mostly before 1941), some with imprint uprating adhesives, variety of destinations incl. mostly foreign, also reg’d. certified, couple “forerunners,” lots of airmail uses, etc., fine lot, examine (Est. € 100/150) (Image)