1846-68, four stampless covers to London and France, two with "Post-Cabello" double-arc ds in black and red, one bearing Br. "La Guaira" small cds in red, the fourth only showing red Venezuelan Páez hs on departure.

1863-65, 1r blue, diagonal half used as 1/2r to pay the internal postage on Dec. 20, 1862 entire letter from Puerto Cabello to Bordeaux, tied by '2' numeral handstand, with 'GB/+F60c' accountancy marking and '32' ms charge alongside, London and Paris transits on reverse, fewer than ten covers are recorded bearing this bisect use, further enhanced by the very rare usage on mail sent abroad; certs. Pedro Meri (2002) and Asofilca (2011). (Image)

1863-64, 2r green, diagonal half, tiny portion of upper right corner missing, complete to huge margins, tied by two ms wavy crossed lines and two horizontal lines on May 14, 1876 (this issue was recorded used until 1880) single weight folded cover from Escuque to Maracaibo, only about five covers recorded, probably unique from this small locality; cert. Pedro Meri (2020). (Image)

1871-76, 30r green, good margins, tied to piece by ms cancellation, superb. (Image)

1875, 1r vermilion, vertical TÊTE-BÊCHE pair, originating from the lower left corner of the sheet, pos. 271 and 286, transfer types 16 and 5 in the inverted position instead of the type 21 which would have made up a normal transfer block, huge margins for the most part showing portions of four adjoining stamps, canceled by pen stroke and indistinct cds, thin spots and faint crease, rare. (Image)

1879 "Escuelas" Issue, group of nine stamps including 30c mint strip of four, 1v to 5v singles used, 1v & 5v unused without gum, some examples with usual faults. (Image)

1880, 25b rose red, cancelled in manuscript, corner crease and tiny thin spot, a difficult-to-find stamp. (Image)

1900, 1b slate without overprint, "Bolívar Negro", very fresh mint with o.g., usual centring, two minute perforation tone spots, a fine example of this rare and most charismatic stamp of Venezuelan philately; certs. Friedl (1982) and Club Filatélico de Caracas (1984). (Image)

1937, 25c on 40c indigo, used on Feb. 7, 1938 commercial envelope from La Guaira to Caracas, tied by dispatch cds, rust spots to cover, rare; cert. Club Filatélico de Caracas (1984). (Image)

1937, 3b red orange, pair imperforate in between, mint o.g. fine; cert. Pedro Meri (2008). (Image)

1938, Post Office of Caracas essay, large design (161x196mm) with handmade corrections and additions to the sky in watercolour, parts of the building and road in white and ink with legend affixed at foot, printer's pencil notations in the margins, an extraordinary proof in this large format which is exceedingly difficult to find in Venezuelan philately. (Image)

1900, Postal Fiscal 5c orange, used on piece tied by 'VLE Bs 1' straight-line and 'FISCALIA DE INSTRUCCION PUBLICA/ESTADO GUAYANA' circular hs, very fine.

THE LARGEST KNOWN MULTIPLE 1866-69, 1/2c yellow green, block of 60 (10x6), positions 41-50 to 91-100, including two complete transfer blocks of 15 with portions of four additional blocks, cut into at left and right, otherwise widely margined, refulgent colour, unused without gum as usually found in multiples of this stamp, three faint creases not detracting; multiples of this stamp are rare, and large multiples completely exceptional, with this being the largest recorded and considered as one of the three most important items of this period Note: This multiple enabled Dr. Knut Heister to identify the transfer types and the resultant basic transfer block used to make up the sheet of 150 units. The second and third largest multiples (large multiples are absolutely exceptional) are nowadays property of the banco central de Caracas (Venezuela) and the Smithsonian National Postal Museum of Washington (USA) Provenance: Lt. Gen. C.W. Wickersham, Norman Hubbard and Dr. Heister (Image)

Local Issues. Santo Tomás-La Guaira-Puerto Cabello. 1864, 2c black on blue, lines across figure of value, very fresh and with mainly very large margins, mint o.g., very fine and scarce. (Image)

Coro-La Vela Local Post. 1867, 'Correo de Coro á la Vela y viceversa' black on greyish blue, "Hurt & Williams" type A, usual margins for this stamp, unused without gum, colour altered by the light as encountered in other examples, very rare and not catalogued. (Image)

Coro-La Vela Local Post. 1867, 'Correo de Coro á la Vela y viceversa' black on rose, "Hurt & Williams" type A, largely margined, unused without gum, tone spots and diagonal crease, scarce; signed Roura. (Image)