1853, folded letter from "Valp. Octbre 31 1859" to Genoa endorsed "Panama" with nice red "PANAMA TRANSIT" alongside, upon arrival charged with "23" decimes, fine (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1858, folded letter from Valparaiso to Voltri with good strike of accountancy marking "GB 2F87 C5/10" alongside, fine (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1858, folded letter from Valparaiso to Milano, by ship "John Elder" via Magellano Straits up to Lisbon, upon arrival charged "18" thus three singles postage due 60c. applied, fine and quite scarce via Magellano Straits (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1870, folded letter sheet dated "Valparaiso 17 Maggio 1870" to Genoa, from Valparaiso to Panama and from there with the "Shannon" to Plymouth, with "GB/1 F.90 C." accountancy marking and scarce boxed "F.* 58" alongside, upon arrival charged with "28" decimes thus postage due 40c. as horizontal pair and 2l. applied and tied by cds., scarce and attractive (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1871, folded letter from "Valparaison 3 abril 1871" via London to Genoa, upon arrival charged "23" thus postage due 10c. as scarce vertical strip of three and 2l. applied and tied by cds., fine and scarce (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

1871, Colon 5c. red tied by fancy cork with adjacent blue cds. "SANTIAGO CHILE 2 JUN 71" to folded lettersheet via Magellano straits initially to Rome where it was charged with "17" decimes, thus postage due 10+60c. and 1l. applied and tied by cds. "ROMA 21 LUG 71", then re-addressed to Albano, the Rome P.O. cancelled the fees with three strikes of italic straight-line "Annullato" and sent the letter to Albano where the P.O. charged again the letter and applied postage due stamps 1869 10c. single and 1870 four singles 40c., minor ageing and some imperfections, a very attractive and rare cover, signed Colla with certificate (2007) (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

1875, Colon 10c. blue tied by fancy cork to lettersheet endorsed "Via de Magallanes" to Rome with scarce boxed "F.*56" alongside, upon arrival charged with "10" decimes thus postage due 1l. applied and tied by cds. "ROMA 24 DIC 1875", an incredibly beautiful and attractive letter (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

1879, unpaid envelope endorsed "Via Magellano per Iberia" to Genoa, reverse with cds. "VALPARAISO UNPAID MY 21 79", blue tax stamp "80" and upon arrival charged "13" thus postage due 30c. and 1l. applied and tied by cds., an attractive and scarce entire (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1880, unpaid envelope from Valparaiso with blue merchant handstamp to Rome, with black "T" and 1-10" alongside, upon arrival taxed "16" decimes thus postage due 60c. and 1l. applied and tied by cds., fine and attractivernrn  (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1862, Napoleon Lauré 80c. as horizontal pair (damaged corners) tied by dotted "Ancre" to double weight cover endorsed "Bateau Francais" to Florence, by ship "Ville de St. Nazaire" (Ligne 'F') transported up to Panama, then transshipped onto "Louisiane" up to St. Nazaire, with with octogonal "VALPARAISO PAQ. FR.  F No. 2 15 MARS 73" and red boxed "PD" alongside, Paris transit and Florence arrival on reverse, some tiny age spots, a very attractive and rare entire with only about a handful covers known to Italy (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

1867, Colon 1c. orange tied by barred "CANCELLED" with adjacent cds. "TALCA 13 OCT 72" to folded lettersheet, by ship "Concha" transported up to Valparaiso, then transshipped onto "Ville du Brest" (Ligne 'F') up to Panama, again transshipped onto the "Martinique" up to St. Nazaire, with with octogonal "VALPARAISO PAQ. FR. No. 2 15 72" and scarce boxed "F.* 58" which was only applied to covers from South Pacific via Panama alongside, upon arrival charged "14" thus postage due 40c. and 1l. applied and tied by cds., despite some ageing spots a very attractive and rare cover and one of only a few known  carried to Italy by the line "F" (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1853/66, Colon 10 c. blue on bluish, diagonally bisected with good margins tied by concentric ring target with adjacent red cds. "VALPARAISO 12 MARZO" to folded lettersheet to San Felipe, fine, signed Pfenninger (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1928, Airmail 10p. as block of 10, used with three clear cds., scarce multiple, some slight perf seperation, otherwise fine (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

TELEGRAPH STAMPS: 1883, 2 centavos-10 pesos in imperforated proofs in issued colours, each as block of 12, the top value with manuscript in margin "OK THF 5/31/83" the endorsement of Theodore Hart Freeland. Some faults to the thin paper but a unique group cut from the badly damaged proof sheets previously in the Cusworth collection (Especializado T1-6) (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1867/85, kleine ungebrauchte Sammlung, unterschiedliche Erhaltung (Image 1) (Image)

1853/1965, fast ausschließlich gestempelte Sammlung mit 35 Colon-Köpfen, dabei Mi.-Nr. 1IIc (Kurzbefund Maier BPP) und ein Brief, dazu Briefe, Karten und Ganzsachen; auf selbstgestalteten Blättern in 3 Alben (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18) (Image 19) (Image 20) (Image 21) (Image 22) (Image 23) (Image 24) (Image 25) (Image 26) (Image 27) (Image 28) (Image 29) (Image 30) (Image 31) (Image 32) (Image 33) (Image 34) (Image 35) (Image 36) (Image 37) (Image 38) (Image 39) (Image 40) (Image 41) (Image 42) (Image 43) (Image 44) (Image 45) (Image 46) (Image 47) (Image 48) (Image 49) (Image)