1869 1/2r green mint lower right corner marginal block of twenty, on album page piece identifying the types and one with noted variety on pos.76, brownish gum, fine. (Image)

1871, "Escuelas" 50r yellow-green, first printing, a remarkable pair possessing clear to ample margins, delightfully fine impression, unused without gum. The pair has probably been removed from a document or ledger page as the reverse of the stamps show ink marks that have seeped through onto the paper; slight discolouration at lower left corner, in no way detracting. The highest denomination of this issue, with only 1,000 printed, is a great rarity in unused condition and unique as a pair. Cert. Holcombe (1995) and Moorhouse (2013). (Michel 15 = €10,000 for two singles). (Image)

1859 1/2r yellow, first fine impression, with very wide margins all. round, tied to cover by square of rectangle dots, single rate entire letter from La Guaira to Caracas, endorsed "2o Correo", very fine letter with horizontal file fold and some internal reinforcement along two edges well clear of adhesive; fewer than five covers are recorded with this cancellation in the classic period, ex Heister coll. (Image)

1859-62 1/2r orange, second coarse impression with full balanced margins all round, tied by superb blue strike La Guaira "Ago 29" on entire letter with full content datelined 18 Aug 1861, sent to Caracas; scarce in this choice quality. (Image)

St. Thomas-La Guaira-Puerto Cabello: 1866 (Apr 9) entire from La Guaira to France with 2 Reales green with zig-zag roulette perforations, tied by "La Guaira" Federation cds, sent via London and Calais with "GB/1F60c" Anglo-French accountancy hs, reverse with transits and Bordeaux arrival cds, filing fold through stamp, fine. (Image)

1871 Escuelas 1r rose bisect, 5th printing, transfer type 2, an unauthorised but tolerated use of bisect 1r to pay the 5 centavos rate for a single letter, stamp ideally tied by circular La Guaira cds on cover to Caracas, dated inside 31 May 1873; a very fine and extremely rare usage (according to the Knut Heister handbook, this stamp is very rare in unused condition with only 5 singles recorded), signed Calves. (Image)