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Auction: 167 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 697

#1, 9, 10c Bister, and 1fr Carmine, two examples, all featuring good margins except for one 1fr adhesive which is slightly touched in upper left corner, all tied by "grille sans fin" roller cancels on December 15, 1862 cover to Valparaiso, Chile, paying the single rate to the South American Pacific Coast with involvement of English carriage, showing Paris c.d.s. on dispatch and London transit alongside, some slight faults to cover as a result of the fragile paper, not detracting; a rare first-issue cover addressed to an infrequent transatlantic destination; 2008 Behr certificate (Spink Maury €6,500).

Estimate
$750 to $1,000