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Auction: SW1006 - The Collector's Series, including important Chile and Portugal
Lot: 586

1853-1867. The extraordinary balance of the collection consisting of 380 stamps featuring all printings and being accordingly classified, mounted on exhibition pages with unused and postally used examples, with the famous chocolate shade of Gillet 5c., several scarce 5c. "lithos" including desirable transfer flaws, "Estancos" 5c. with double impression and vertically/horizonatlly ribbed paper varieties (ex Quast), rare shades including "Desmadryl" 10c. greenich-blue and other pastel blue shades, multiples with blocks of four used/unused in several printings and larger units, an interesting range of scarce cancellation usages including the only known official Estanco administration cachet, pre-adhesive postmarks, merchant handstamps, the very rare "Vapor Nacional Huanay"; other features are watermark positions, rare retouch or plate varieties, marginal examples including one with imprint, etc. Also two covers with "Estancos" 10c. bisect accompanied by scarce "Chañarcillo" postmark, as well as "Estancos" 5c. pair and strip of three. A rare assembly exhibiting an important part of this gold-medal award collection, with a studious viewing being required and recommended.

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