Colonial Postmarks continued...
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CatNo. |
Lot Description |
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 Ecuador, Pasto, Franca. Brownish second type two-line handstamp on folded letter sheet docketed "Ano de 1785" addressed to Quito, with manuscript 2 rating alongside, Very
Fine and choice, rare and unlisted in Guinovart & Tizon.
Estimate; $400 - 600. (Image1)
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Est. $400-600
Selling for...$200.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Ecuador, Pasto. Brownish third type straight line handstamp on handmade cover to Quito, with original enclosure datelined "Pasto, y Diciembre 28 de 1808", with large manuscript
"2" rating, Very Fine.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)
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Est. $300-400
Selling for...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Ecuador, Pasto, Franca. Ornamental boxed fourth type postmark on ca. 1819 folded letter sheet to Quito, manuscript "1½" rating, Very Fine.
Estimate; $150 -
200. (Image1)
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Est. $150-200
Selling for...$80.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Ecuador, (Piura) Puria. Red straight line postmark on ca. 1800 wrapper front to Buga, matching "Franca" handstamp, manuscript "14oz" weight notation and "36" reales
rating, Very Fine.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
Selling for...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Ecuador, (Popayan) Popia. Red first type condensed postmark on partial large wrapper to Quito, with compounded rate notations at left totaling 87¼ reales, inside
docketed "ano de 1783"; reduced heavily at right, Fine and rare.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
Selling for...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Ecuador, (Popayan) Popaian. Red straight line handstamp on folded letter datelined "Ano de 1783" addressed to Quito, with matching "Franca" handstamp above with manuscript "3"
rating alongside, Very Fine, an elusive example of the condensed first pre-stamp mark of Popayan, with sender paying the double letter rate to Quito.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
Selling for...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 27 |
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 Ecuador, Popayan. Neat red straight line postmark on wrapper to Cali, with matching "Debe." handstamp above, manuscript "8¾oz" weight notation and "26½"
reales rating, with original enclosure on "Sello Tercerro, Dos Reales" stamp paper datelined "Oct 26 de 1802", with additional notation showing the payment for return postage and 3 reales for local delivery, Very Fine, very unusual with any
type of enclosure.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
Selling for...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 28 |
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 Ecuador, Popayan. Red straight line postmark on private folded letter dateline "Mayo 21 de 1805" and addressed to Quito, with matching "Franca" handstamp and manuscript "2"
rating at left, Very Fine, the two reales covered the single letter rate under the Colonial tariff.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)
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Est. $150-200
Selling for...$80.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Ecuador, Quito. Bold straight line first type postmark on October 6th, 1769 folded letter from the President of the Audience of Quito addressed to the Royal Treasury in Popayan
(Colombia); cover with some light cleaning, Very Fine, with 2001 Moorhouse certificate.
Estimate; $2,000 - 3,000.
THE EARLIEST DATED PRESTAMP MARK OF THIS FIRST QUITO POSTMARK - ONE OF ONLY THREE KNOWN EXAMPLES IN BLACK.
This letter from the President of the Audience of Quito, directed to an official of the Royal Treasury in Popayan, may have gone on the second northbound dispatch to Quito to Cartagena under the Spanish Crown's newly established mail
service, the "Royal Renta de Correos". The manuscript cross at the top of the letter was placed there to indicate "safe carriage in the sight of God".
(Image1)
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Est. $2,000-3,000
Selling for...$1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 30 |
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 Ecuador, Quito. First type straight line postmark in red, on 1776 folded letter to Popayan with manuscript "2" rate and matching "Debe." due straight line mark
alongside, Very Fine, this being the earliest known example of the "Debe" due mark known.
Estimate; $500 - 750. (Image1)
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Est. $500-750
Selling for...$250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Ecuador, Quito. Red first type postmark on ca. 1776 official wrapper addressed to the second Postmaster of Cuenca - Fernando Moscoso, with matching "Debe." handstamp
alongside, manuscript "5½" onza weight notation at top right corner and "22" reales rating, Very Fine.
Estimate; $500 - 750.
(Image1)
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Est. $500-750
Selling for...$250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 32 |
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 Ecuador, Quito. Red second type postmark on official document, with matching "Franca" handstamp, pencil "1785" archival date, Very Fine, one of the most elusive origin
marks from Quito.
Estimate; $400 - 600.
It has been stated that no more than five examples of this origin mark are known. It differs from the first type Quito postmark in that it lacks the period after "Quito" and the letters are
taller. (Image1)
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Est. $400-600
Selling for...$200.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 33 |
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 Ecuador, Quito. Red third type straight line handstamp on private folded letter datelined "Quito, Junio 21 de 1789" addressed to Popayan and forwarded to Pasto, with matching
"Debe" handstamp with manuscript "2" rate below, Very Fine.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)
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Est. $300-400
Selling for...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 34 |
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 Ecuador, Quito. Red third type postmark on 1800 wrapper to Barbacoas, with "14½oz" weight notation and "58" reales rating, Very Fine.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)
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Est. $300-400
Selling for...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 35 |
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 Ecuador, Quito. Red third type postmark on ca. 1815 wrapper to Pasto, with manuscript "5½oz" weight notation and "22" reales rating, Very Fine.
Estimate; $200
- 300. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
Selling for...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 36 |
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 Ecuador, Quito. Red boxed handstamp on folded letter datelined "Quito Eno. 6 de 1820" addressed to Pasto, manuscript "2" rating, Very Fine, believed to be the earliest
reported date of this mark, the letter showing the increased rate of two reales to Pasto.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)
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Est. $300-400
Selling for...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Ecuador, (Riobamba) Ro. Baba. First type straight line postmark on 1779 folded letter to Lambayque in Peru, with matching boxed "Franca." handstamp above; some light
cover edge wear, F.-V.F., this being the earliest "Franca" mark from Riobamba, it is among the few known letter from the Audience of Quito from the 1770's.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000. (Image1)
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Est. $750-1,000
Selling for...$375.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 38 |
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 Ecuador, (Riobamba) V.V.a F. do VII, Riobamba, Franca. Clear sharp strike red boxed handstamp on ca. 1818 folded letter to Quito, with manuscript
"1½" rating at right, Very Fine and choice.
Estimate; $2,000 - 3,000.
THE FINEST OF ONLY THREE KNOWN EXAMPLES OF THE RIOBAMBA "VIVA FERNANDO VII" BOXED HANDSTAMP - ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER COLONIAL MARKS OF ECUADOR.
These so called "Patriotic Marks" were intended to demonstrate allegiance to the Spanish Crown in the period just prior to the achievement of Independence. (Image1)
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Est. $2,000-3,000
Selling for...$1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Ecuador, Riobamba. Neat red boxed handstamp on handmade cover to Quito, with enclosure docketed "11 de Mayo de 1820", manuscript "2" reales rating; some light water staining at
left edge, Very Fine, the two reales paying the double letter rate to Quito.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)
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Est. $300-400
Selling for...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Ecuador, Santiago de las Montanas. Dateline with a "Fines de Nobre al 1815" dating on small folded letter to Macas, endorsed "Francas", Very Fine, perhaps the
only surviving Colonial letter sent within the Amazon Region.
Estimate; $200 - 300.
Datelined Santiago de las Montanas, a small town on the eastern side of the Andes near Loja, and sent to Macas, another small in the Upper Amazon
region. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
Selling for...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction |
