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Auction: SW1006 - The Collector's Series, including important Chile and Portugal
Lot: 637

1860 ca. Undated cover to Concepción endorsed "Urgente", bearing "Estancos" 5c. with good margins, just touched in two small places, tied by "Cancelled" barred oval, exhibiting "YUMBEL" & FRANCA" straight-line handstamps, the latter also tying the franking. The only proof of the usage of any postmark in this tiny village in the pre-adhesive and classic periods, one of the most celebrated usages in classic Chilean philately. (Unlisted in the SFC catalogue). Ex Baron Étienne de Viron and Menéndez.

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€5,000