386th Auction

5 k. black/lilac and 1875 2k. black/red used with cds “ST PETERSBOURG 13 FEV. 1884” to 7 k. on 10 k. brown postal stationery envelope registered to Montevideo, Uruguay, adjacent red registration marks “R N° St. Pétersbourg Russie.” and “R / R.O DEL URUGUAY”, arrival cds “OFICINA DEL RECOMENDADAS MONTEVIDEO 27 MARZ (8)4”. The 2 k. with trivial corner crease, otherwise very fine. A most appealing Breitfuss mail to a rare destination

1859, 60 c. grey slate, wide to large balanced margins, deep shade, tied by mute Salto "scarab" to cover to Montevideo,"RENTA DE CORREOS SALTA 10/DCE/1859" c.d.s. alongside, light file fold, tiny border crease, otherwise fine and attractive, (Scott #7a) signed H. C. Gibson 

1860, Thick figures 60 c. dull grey lilac, three single examples with mostly large margins, tied by Montevideo cds. to entire letter to Buenos Ayres, endorsed ‘Par Mississippi’. Transported Of the River Plate Line. One stamp crossed by file fold, not affecting the fine appearance of this scarce cover. Certificate Hernandez Rocha (2009) (Scott 13a)

1861, Thick figures 120 c. blue, fresh color and wide margins all around, tied by oval cancel “MONTEVIDEO 24 ABRIL 1861” to folded lettersheet endorsed “pr. Constitucion” to Buenos Aires, lettersheet small reinforced tear at top, otherwise fine, signed Bolaffi and certificate Rocha (2016)

1856/1998 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used collection with a few covers, including postage dues, officials and parcel stamps, plenty of duplicates some with shades and types, better items throughout starting with the Diligencia set, followed by a choice selection of the Sun imperforate issues, later on partly collected both mint and used, some better sets like Mi.-Nr. 366-378 unused, a few forgeries noted. Rather mixed condition in the early issues as to be expected, overall in very good condition, a most useful and colourful lot with some scarcer stamps, neatly housed in 3 stockbooks

1866/69, Numerals, interesting lot with about 80 covers and some fronts including several rare items, letters to abroad, quadruple rate cover to Buenos Ayres, bisects, unused multiples, including imperf. blocks of 4 of both shades 15 c., etc. Several certificates.

1856, Diligencia 1 r. vermilion, an unused example in a deep shade with large margins all round, tiny thin on top, otherwise fine and fresh

1883, four mint postal stationery answering cards 2+2 c., different colors, all unseparated, plus four mint postal stationery cards 3 c., different colors, fine group (8)

1895, German Reich 10+10 pfg. postal stationery answering card complete from HAMBURG 3/9/95 via Lissabon to Uruguay, answering part unseparated tied by CORREO MONTEVIDEO 20/10/95 c.d.s. and light red boxed PAGO alongside, to HAMBURG Germany with arrival mark 23/11/95, a very scarce overseas usage of a complete reply card, fine