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Auction: SW1006 - The Collector's Series, including important Chile and Portugal
Lot: 566

1855, 5c. red-brown, clear to very large margins showing frame line of upper adjoining adhesive, used on 29 November 1855 entire letter from Santiago to Gensac (France), tied by seven-bar target with Santiago red c.d.s. alongside, paying the single inland rate to port of embarkation at Valparaiso, showing superb "Foreign Countries/ART-20´´ Anglo-French accountancy marking in red, accompanied by "21" décimes due h.s. representing the amount credited to Great Britain up to 7 1/2 grams. French entry at Calais as well as British and French transits on reverse. Beginning January 1, 1856, unpaid letters from the west coast of South America sent via Panama to Great Britain were forwarded to France under newly-added Article 20 of the Anglo-French Postal Convention of 1843. After a mere three weeks in use, the Article 20 accountancy marking was suspended, with dates of use (entry in France) being recorded on 5.1 and 17.1.1856. Transatlantic mail in this printing is very scarce, with this exceptional mail representing the only known imperforate-issues Article 20 (via Panama) cover from Chile to France. An important item for both collectors of Chilean philately and ´via Panama´ postal history. Cert. Moorhouse. SFC 7.

Estimate
€1,500