Collection on Exhibit leaves featuring•pre-stamp items from Colonial period with strikes of Cotagaita, Oruro, Tupisa•post 1825 Republic period pre-stamp usages from Ayacucho, Chayanta, Cochabamba, Chuquisaca, Cinti, Oruro Llama cachet on 1832 letter, Paz in red, Potosi in green and Eagle cachet in blue and green, Sucre, "franca/Tarija“ fancy oval in blue, Tupisa, fine "Chimba“ cover with negative cancel in blue (2),•Garcia Essays with black block of four unused and a vertical strip in blue used,•1867 extensive 5 c. green Condors with sheets of 72, block of 66 mint, 1867 document with pen-cancelled block of six and another with 16 examples, rare 5 c. yellow green (4) on 1868 document and including1867 5 c. green on cover cancelled by framed ORURO handstamp in black to La Paz (cert.), 10 c. brown bisected usage on an 1868 document (cert.), Condor 50 c. yellow in a complete sheet of 30 subjects mint (cert.) and used on documents (3),•1867/ (Image)

1867 5c Green Condor, first re-engraving, EXTRAORDINARY BLOCK OF FOUR, positions 53-54/65-66, cut into at bottom otherwise good to large margins folded over top of the cover tied by "Paz de Ayacucho" oval to entire folded foreign mail letter of August 16, 1867 to Tacna, Peru, the block pays the 20c single rate to a Pacific coast country. Expertised by Pascal Scheller, certificate BPA 1936 and Brian Moorhouse 2015: "THIS IS THE ONLY COVER I AM AWARE OF THAT IS FRANKED WITH A BLOCK OF THE CONDOR STAMPS AS OPPOSED TO A STRIP"A GREAT BOLIVIA RARITY AND PROBABLY THE BEST 5c COVER IN EXISTANCE. (Image)

1872, Stampless printed envelope "H.Arnous-Riviera fils&Cie" with framed handstamp "FRANCO" and double cds "MEJILLONES BOLIVIA MARZO 72" sent to english post in "CALLAO MR 21 72" via Panama, there tied by french "PANAMA 1 AVRIL 72" and sent to Bordeaux with b/s arrival 30.4.72 and tax-handstamp "15" decimes. (Image)