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The Richard C. Frajola Collection of Worldwide Classic Covers 1840-1860 continued...

Venezuela thru Victoria and Balance Collection
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
182 c ImageVENEZUELA, 1859, 1r Blue (2). Full to mostly large margins, deep shade, tied by bold numeral "0" handstamp from the pre-adhesive period on bluish 1859 folded letter from Valencia to Caracas, quite clean and attractive, Very Fine, a choice first issue cover of Venezuela, used only the second month after issuance, ex Hubbard, signed Holcombe and with 2010 Moorhouse certificate

Paying domestic letter rate for any distance by land from January 1, 1859. (Image)

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 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction
183 c ImageVICTORIA, 1850, 2p Gray Lilac, Type II, Second State (7a; SG 6). Highly select example with mostly large to huge margins including part of left sheet margin, bright color, cancelled with perfectly positioned "15"butterfly cancel, used on a petite 1850 cover from Geelong to Melbourne, back displays lovely strikes of "Geelong AP 18 1850, Port Phillip" rimless circular datestamp and crowned Melbourne backstamp

EXTREMELY FINE. AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL AND IMMACULATE 1850 2-PENCE "HALF LENGTH" COVER.

Ex Wawn, Purves, Perry and Barelli.

Paying domestic letter rate for any distance from January 1, 1850, per -1/2 ounce. (Image)

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 E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $4,250.00
Will close during Public Auction
184 c ImageThe Exceptional Balance of the Richard C. Frajola Collection of Worldwide Classic Covers, 1840-1860. A total of 41 covers, 35 of which are mounted and well-described on his attractive exhibition pages, consisting of items of more modest value (typically in the $75 to $300 range), but the condition is anything but ordinary, each cover was carefully selected to display a solo franking with the postage representing a specific rate as intended, also nearly all have select quality stamps (there are a few stationery entires), with clear postal markings, a variety of regions and countries are found, with greatest strength in Western Europe (better German States and Italian States), but some nice British, Scandinavian and even a few U.S. covers, condition with very few exceptions is well above average with only a very small occasional flaw, mostly Very Fine or better, a marvelous opportunity for either a collector or dealer of worldwide postal history, scans of the entire collection (4MB) can be found on our website beneath the description (Image)

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 E. $ 3,000-4,000

SOLD for $4,750.00
Will close during Public Auction

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