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Auction: SW1006 - The Collector's Series, including important Chile and Portugal
Lot: 643

1870, Aug. 23. Cover front from Concepción to Valparaiso, most infrequently franked, according to the double rate, with 1c. orange, single example and three strips of three, tied by barred "Cancelled" ovals, with purple "Concepcion/Chile" c.d.s. alongside. Diagonal crease affecting three adhesives at top and couple of stamps with some irregular perforations at base, of no significance for this rarity. The largest franking recorded on cover of this scarcely used denomination. SFC 14. Ex Gálvez and Menéndez.

Estimate
€3,000