Ecuador, 1864 Guayaquil to New York. Folded letter from the Lanman & Kemp correspondence, with "Guayaquil, My 15, 1864" split ring origin cds on reverse, red crayon "1/-" rating and "Paid To Panama" two-line handstamp, British "Panama, My 20, 1864" split ring cds and "Steamship 10" in circle handstamp applied upon arrival in N.Y.; light toning at left, Very Fine.
Estimate; $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)

Est. $200-300

Ecuador, 1872, 1r yellow orange, quadrille paper. Upper pane of 36 showing partial ruled line at top, full o.g., full margins; diagonal crease at top left (position 1) and partial separation cut between positions 7 & 8, otherwise Very Fine, a very scarce large multiple.
Scott No. 1; Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. Est. $1,000-1,500 (Image)

Est. $1,000-1,500

Ecuador, 1872, 1r yellow (shades), quadrille paper. Reconstructed complete sheet of 90, comprised of top pane of 45 in the lemon yellow shade and bottom pane of 45 in the yellow shade, constant prominent flaws include position 66 with colorless line in bottom right spandrel, position 71 with colorless line through "REAL" and positions 83 & 90 with lower right corner damaged; small closed tear in position 8 and minor flaws, complete sheet of 90, F.-V.F., a very scarce reconstruction, with only two complete sheets known, with 2015 Moorhouse certificate.
Scott No. 1; Estimate $5,000 - 7,500. Est. $5,000-7,500 (Image)

Est. $5,000-7,500

Ecuador, 1872, 1r yellow orange, quadrille paper, vertical pair. Clear to large margins, tied by "Franca" in lozenge handstamp of Guayaquil on folded letter sheet to Lima, Peru, Very Fine, a very scarce usage of the 1r on quadrille paper to a foreign destination.
Scott No. 1; Estimate $400 - 600. Est. $400-600 (Image)

Est. $400-600

Ecuador, 1865, ½r blue study. Of 38 mostly used stamps on pages; mostly in a section of the various shades from indigo to the late grayish blue shades, scarce Prussian blue shade, section of water soluble ink impressions, mint includes a couple marginal singles, also includes ½r & 1r orange solo usages on Judicial fronts Guaranda to Chimbo; nice 4-margin stamp throughout, Very Fine.
Scott No. 2; Estimate $500 - 750.

Complete Images. Est. $500-750 (Image)

Est. $500-750

Ecuador, 1865, ½r blue, two singles. Soluble ink impressions of the third period. In combination with 1865, 1r yellow buff, three singles, all petit cut on fresh 1871 folded letter from Guayaquil to Lima, Peru, carried at the double external rate not exceeding ½ oz. for an American destination, tied by neat "Franca" in dotted lozenge handstamps of Guayaquil, Extremely Fine, ex-Olgieser.
Scott No. 2; Estimate $7,500 - 10,000.

A UNIQUE 1865 ½R BLUE & 1R YELLOW COMBINATION FRANKING TO PERU - ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED COVERS IN ECUADORIAN PHILATELY.

Letters, being other than Judicial correspondence, with exceptional frankings are most infrequent. Est. $7,500-10,000 (Image)

Est. $7,500-10,000

Ecuador, 1865, 1r yellow ochre. Block of 25 from the lower left portion of the sheet, full o.g., full margins, bright color; small hole in margin between positions 76-77, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott No. 4; Estimate $750 - 1,000. Est. $750-1,000 (Image)

Est. $750-1,000

Ecuador, 1865, 1r yellow ochre. Third period printing, lower half sheet of 45 (positions 46-54//82-90, full o.g., margins wide to slightly in at top left, strong color; slightly spilt vertical crease in sixth row and small thin in bottom left stamp, F.-V.F., ex-Lund, with 2013 Moorhouse certificate.
Scott No. 4; Estimate $2,500 - 3,500. Est. $2,500-3,500 (Image)

Est. $2,500-3,500

Ecuador, 1865, 1r yellow chrome. Second period printing, upper half sheet of 45 (positions 1-9//37-45, full o.g., plate varieties including double frameline at bottom (position 4) and part double frameline at top (position 43), margins wide to slightly in, strong color; vertical crease between stamps and a few light stains, F.-V.F., the largest multiple recorded in the yellow chrome shade, with few than five items known.
Scott No. 4; Estimate $3,000 - 4,000. Est. $3,000-4,000 (Image)

Est. $3,000-4,000

Ecuador, 1865, 1r yellow, diagonal bisect. Bottom left portion of stamp in combination with 1865, 1r yellow on folded letter sheet to Lima, Peru, tied by "Guayaquil, 8 Dic, 68" cds's with clear receiving postmark on reverse, the 1½r franking underpays the 2r single external rate up to ¼ oz. and apparently was accepted or overlooked by the postal clerk who dispatched the cover, Very Fine.
Scott No. 4c+4; Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.

AN EXCEPTIONAL BISECT FRANKING OF THE 1 REAL YELLOW ISSUE AND UNIQUE ON PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. Est. $1,500-2,000 (Image)

Est. $1,500-2,000

Ecuador, 1865, 1r yellow, embossed arms. Showing strong embossing in lower portion of stamp. Margins large to just touching at bottom left, tied by blue "Guayaquil, Franca, 3 Ago" cds on fresh 1870 folded letter to Riobamba, Very Fine and choice.
Scott No. 4e; $500 off cover; Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.

A BEAUTIFUL ON COVER USAGE OF THE 1R YELLOW EMBOSSED ARMS VARIETY. Scott $500 off cover
Est. $1,500-2,000 (Image)

Scott $500 off cover
Est. $1,500-2,00

Ecuador, 1865, 1r green. Horizontal pair, full o.g., full margins; right stamp with tiny thin at top, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott No. 5; Estimate $750 - 1,000. Est. $750-1,000 (Image)

Est. $750-1,000

Ecuador, 1865, 1r green, two singles. In combination with 1865, 1r yellow on part Judicial wrapper front to Guaranda, all tied by "3154" in lozenge cancels of Quito, Very Fine, ex-Saá and Olgieser.
Scott No. 5+4; Estimate $15,000 - 20,000.

ONE OF FIVE KNOWN COVERS BEARING SAME DENOMINATION OF THE 1865 1 REAL STAMPS IN GREEN AND YELLOW - AND AN UNIQUE FRANKING BEARING TWO 1R GREEN AND ONE 1R YELLOW ISSUES. Est. $15,000-20,000 (Image)

Est. $15,000-20,000

Ecuador, 1865, 1r green, vertical strips of three and four. Positions 24/33/42 (middle stamp broken frameline at right variety) and 51/60/69/78, margins large to just in, canceled by "Latacunga" provisional box cancels on oversized Judicial wrapper to Riobamba, red crayon "14 oz" weight notation, Very Fine and choice, this Latacunga pre-adhesive postmark was used during the first half of 1865, fewer than ten recorded usages of this provisional handstamp used as a cancelling device.
Scott No. 5; Estimate $3,000 - 4,000. Est. $3,000-4,000 (Image)

Est. $3,000-4,000

Ecuador, 1865, 1r green, embossed arms. Clear to large margins, showing embossed arms in the upper portion of stamp, in combination with 1865, 1r yellow buff of the third printing on folded letter sheet to Trujillo, Peru, tied by "Guayaquil, Feb 21, 73" cds and bold "Franca" in lozenge, Very Fine, a very late usage of the first issue, ex-Longhi.
Scott No. 5b+4; Estimate $15,000 - 20,000.

ONE OF TWO PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCES KNOWN BEARING SAME DENOMINATION OF THE 1865 1 REAL STAMPS IN GREEN AND YELLOW.

Only five covers are known bearing same denomination 1 real represented by the different stamps in the issued colors green and yellow. This cover is even more remarkable as it represents private mail and that the 1r green is the scarce embossed arms variety. Est. $15,000-20,000 (Image)

Est. $15,000-20,000

Ecuador, 1866, 4r brown red, printed on both sides. Left margin horizontal pair, left stamp "round medallion" variety, full o.g., margins clear to large, fresh with strong color, Very Fine and choice, very rare with few multiples known, especially so se-tenant with the "round medallion" variety.
Scott No. 6c; Estimate $750 - 1,000. Est. $750-1,000 (Image)

Est. $750-1,000

Ecuador, 1866, 4r dark carmine. Position 57 from the 1867 printing. Clear to large margins showing portion of adjacent stamp at left, in combination with 1865, 1r green, horizontal pair (positions 39-40) on 1868 folded letter sheet to Lima, Peru paying the triple rate not exceeding ¾ oz., all tied by "Franca" in lozenge handstamps of Guayaquil, red crayon "2" reales due and "Lima, Ago 1, 1868" receiving backstamp, Very Fine, ex-Lund, with 2013 Moorhouse certificate.
Scott No. 6+5; Estimate $5,000 - 7,500.

A UNIQUE COMBINATION FRANKING BEARING THE 1866 4R ISSUE ON A PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE TO PERU. Est. $5,000-7,500 (Image)

Est. $5,000-7,500

Ecuador, 1866, 4r dark carmine, vertical pair. Clear to large margins, in combination with four margin 1865, 1r yellow buff on Judicial wrapper from Quito, tied by red "3154" in lozenge cancels; cover reduced at right, Very Fine.
Scott No. 6+4; Estimate $3,000 - 4,000. Est. $3,000-4,000 (Image)

Est. $3,000-4,000

Ecuador, 1866, 4r brown red. Margins clear to just shaving design at bottom left, in combination with 1865, 1r yellow buff on part Judicial wrapper, tied by "3154" in lozenge cancels of Quito, Very Fine.
Scott No. 6+4; Estimate $2,000 - 3,000. Est. $2,000-3,000 (Image)

Est. $2,000-3,000

Ecuador, 1897, 20c black. Tied by blue "Guayaquil, Oct 30, 1897" cds on cover with "From, Scientific Expedition, Frank Blake Webster Co." corner card cover and "Mailed at Islas Galapagos" endorsement at upper right, addressed back to expedition organizer Frank Blake Webster in Hyde Park, Mass. with "via Guayaquil, Panama, New York" directive, reverse with "New York, Nov 11, 97, Paid All" duplex transit and receiving postmark, Very Fine, with photocopy of 1996 Moorhouse certificate.
Scott No. 105; Estimate $750 - 1,000.

A WONDERFUL AND POSSIBLY UNIQUE COVER FROM THE 1897 THE WEBSTER-HARRIS EXPEDITION TO THE GALAPAGOS ISLAND.

In 1897, Walter Rothschild (2nd Baron Rothschild) approached Frank Blake Webster to organize a collecting trip on the Galapagos Islands. Webster gathered taxidermists and naturalists, including Rollo Beck, to collect Galapagos tortoises and land birds. Webster, however, would state in the states, but the expedition is still called the Webster-Harris expedition by scholars. However, Webster's group discovered the flightless cormorant, which Rothschild named after taxidermist Charles Miller Harris, a member of the expedition. Est. $750-1,000 (Image)

Est. $750-1,000

Ecuador, Galápagos Island Postal History Collection, 1930-89. Wonderful assembly of 80 covers and cards and some stamps; with 1930's usages including ca. 1930 Ecuador 4-color franking cover to Germany with stamps solely canceled by "Bagquerizo Moreno, Islas Galapagos" undated handstamps, similar handstamp dated 1934 on cover to Canada with additional "Jefatura Territorial Del Archipielago de Colon" cachet handstamp, other usages including ca. 1937 U.S. franking cover to N.Y. and 1939 cover from San Cristobal Island to Jamaica, unfranked cover to England bearing Post Office Bay, Galapagos Isl. circular cachet and "Picked up & forwarded, Mar 26, 1939 by, Capt. W.T. Murnan, Yachet Seven Seas" handstamp, other late 1930's and 1940's covers with Post Office Bay cachet including 1940 "Schooner Yankee" world cruise cachet cover, section of 1935-1940 Naval covers includes 1935 U.S.S. Trenton (with enclosure), 1936 U.S.S. Moffett, 1937 U.S.S. Bagley and 1940 U.S.S. Lapwig and several 1940-41 covers from the U.S.S. Erie (including letterhead enclosure), interesting 1941 postage due cover to Balboa C.Z. from Post Office Bay with large cachet handstamp in reverse, 1948 usage posted in Tahiti, section of 30 1943-44 A.P.O. (662) covers from Beta Air Base on Seymour Island, host of later covers and cards, stamps including Ecuador 1922 20c Galapagos Island unissued stamp used (few were entered into the postal system) and 1965 revenue issues in singles and blocks, Very Fine overall, an excellent collection and truly ideal for further continuation.
Estimate; $2,000 - 3,000. Est. $2,000-3,000 (Image)

Est. $2,000-3,000

Finland, 1856, 10k rose. Neat boxed cancel, ample to large margins and rich color, Very Fine and choice, scarce so nice, signed Roumet.
Scott No. 2; $925. Scott $925
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Scott $925

Finland, 1850, 5k blue on yellowish white. Indicia on backflap of entire to Tavastehus, canceled by "Helsingfors 10/1, 1854" boxed handstamp with additional strike on front; some faint edge tone, F.-V.F. Higgins and Gage No. 3.
Estimate; $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)

Est. $200-300