Petite Treasures – May 2026

1916 Centenary set of 16 stamps overprinted MUESTRA, cat. value £500 as normals, plus nine stamps San Martin with Muestra overprint, all unused and fine.

1946, Coat of Arms with wild boar engraving (6x10cm) and additional engraving portrait Franklin D. Roosevelt (16x20cm) for the stamp issue Argentina 1946, signed by artist Don Jean Sprenger, very fine and scarce.

1946, Plane over Iguacu Falls, imperf proofs on normal white paper, greyish paper and watermarked thin ‘Muestra Paper’ (G. Jalil unrecorded), two blocks of four and three single stamps, unused no gum, very fine.

1947, Unadopted Essay “Tratado Argentino Chileno Enero 1947” painting (14x8 cm) signed by Alfredo Geredo on ‘Dalila’ watermarked paper, scarce Peronism Government essay. The Antarctic Treaty was not signed.

1951, Five year plan Telephone & Telegraph 40 c. deep green colour trial proof on normal paper, unused, imperf, fine

1898/1940, 9 picture postal stationery cards, mainly used, imprints Puerto Madero, Boca del Riachuelo, Santa Fe, Museo Escolar, Map Prov. San Luis, plus two reverse imprint cards servicio urbano and drogueria, mainly fine.

1900/1910, Liberty 15 different postal stationery cards/envelopes and wrapper including picture and commercial imprints, 6 cen. blue asking part, all used, plus two imprints on reverse 100 reis stamp of Brazil and Salud!, violet oval cancellation ‘La Argentina Maipu Buenos Aires’, mainly fine.

1928/1960, 40 air mail covers, first flights and FDC, aerea postal stationery, many via Condor and L.A.T.I., B.S.A.A., including FF Buenos Aires-Natal-Tulouse 1.-14.3.1928 (Muller no.30, 1500 points. H&G no.2), censors and registered mail, mainly fine.

1851, Lettersheet from Buenos Aires dated 30.Juil bearing boxed red straight line "Pays d"outre mer" and tax mark “10”, via Anvers and Belg. Valenciennes to Marseille with arrival mark of Oct.8 on reverse, tiny file fold otherwise fine.

1906, ½ Cc. red postal stationery wrapper used uprated with 2 c. slate blue to Stockholm / Sweden and redirected to St. Petersburg Russia with several "T" for taxe marks, russian label affixed and blue boxed arrival mark, usual crease and flaws, otherwise fine and a very scarce destination.

1859, BUENOS AIRES:  1 p. blue, fine impression, large margins all around, luxuriant color, tied by blue oval grid to letter sheet 1860 from Buenos Aires to Goya, very fine.

1865 ca., Entire letter to Colquechaca struck with oval framed "OCURI / FRANCA" handstamp in black, fold at left, otherwise fine and very scarce.

1868, Condor pair 100 c. green, Plate no.12 and 13, unused, tiny gum toned, otherwise fine (Scott 8)

1868, Condor 100 c. green, imperf full to wide margins, unused, fine.

1899, postage 50 c. violett and 100 c. orange, each with violet handstamp overprint "E.F. 1899" (Estado Federal), perf 14, unissued scarce Brazil overprints, very fine pair. (Scott catalogue value $500).

1878, Dom Pedro unissued 1000 r. two die proofs in diff. colors on thick paper, design inscribed "Empire of Brazil", very fine pair

1930, First Commercial Flight Brazil-Europe by Jean Mermoz, light strike of the special "1 Mala Aerea Transatlantica Para a Europa"  Rio 7.6.1930 ties 3.000 r. franking to airmail envelope with printed cachet for flight and autographed by "Jean Dabry" (Mermoz" navigator), addressed to London and backstamped Rio de Janeiro 7.VI.1930, cover with a light central vertical fold and trivial corner bends at bottom, otherwise fine cover; flight took 12 days to reach London

1861, 430 rs. yellow, bright colour, full margins, mint no gum, fine. (Scott 40)

1854, Coloridos 30 r. greyish-blue on greyish thin paper, an unused block of nine with good to large margins all round, unused, slight colour loss at top and thin spot on third stamp, otherwise fine and attractive.

1866/1900, Collection unused on three album leaves starting Dom Pedro perf and rouletted issues including 500 r. orange, and 300 r pair, 1000 r. proof on white paper, Cross of South ten values up to 1.000 r., Liberte and Mercure up tp 2.000 r., newspaper 1879 and overprinted 1898, some stamps partially affixed, otherwise mostly fine and very fresh colours

1861, folded envelope from “Rio de Janeiro 7.8.61” cds. on reverse, blue “TRANSATLANTICO 25/8” ds. alongside, arrival mark “PORTO 31.8.1861”, on front ‘150’ for tax, usual file fold, otherwise fine

1979/2003, Frama Klussendorf ATM No.1 stamp and two sets, mint never hinged, additional two sets cancelled on piece,very fine

1880, 10 mint postal stationery cards including two different 80 Reis orange, plus 4 answering cards, all unused, fine.

1893/98, 3 postal stationery cards with additional frankings to Germany, fine trio

1857, 5 centavos brown-red on bluish in horizontal strip of 3, left stamps just touched at top, right stamp touched at right and cut into on top, otherwise clear to large margins with parts of one neighbour stamp, used with 3 strikes of six-bar target to entire letter with adjacent “SANTIAGO 15/MAYO 57” to Serena; the right stamp tiny scissors' cut touching the design, vertical file fold not affecting the stamps and few spots, otherwise a fine letter, certificate Maier BPP (1998).

1855, 2nd London printing 5 centavos brown-red on bluish with 1856, 10 centavos blue, both with full to large margins on two sides, but each cut into design, tied by 6-bar target to entire letter from "SANTIAGO 30 ABRIL 57" to Lima, endorsed "Por Vapor", fair 'Vapor / Lima' in blue on reverse, horizontal file fold, otherwise fine and a scarce destination. Certificate Maier BPP.

1854, 5 c. siena, second Chilean printing by Gillet, full to wide margins, closed on top left, otherwise fine, cert. Maier BPP (2000).

1862, Colon 5 c. orange-red, tied by blue barred "CANCELLED" to cover front to Coquimbo, red ´CONCEPCION 22/NBRE/62´ despatch cds. alongside. Vertical fold, otherwise fine

1858/95, Six covers and cards including Colon bisect 10 c. blue on envelope from Valparaiso to Santiago, Rengo oneliner, two uprated stationery envelopes to Italy, mostly fine.

1881/98, 10 unused postal stationery cards starting Columbus set of 1881, including two answering cards, additional three used cards and envelope with faults, all unused, tiny paper adhesives on reverse, otherwise fine.

1935, Maritime Mail: Dr. Sun Yat-sen 5 c. green, cancelled by "U.S.T.P. Seapost S.S. Pres. Pierce" duplex on American Association imprint envelope from Shanghai (26 Apr.) to the U.S.A., fine and unusual

1878, large dragon 1 ca. green, type I, thin paper, used with Customs cds., few short perfs and thick hinge remain, otherwise fine.

1883, large dragon 1 ca. green, type III, unused, tiny crease and few short perfs, otherwise fine.

1883, large dragon 1 ca. green, type III, used, few short perfs, otherwise fine.

1878, three stamps 3 ca. red large dragon, all used showing different printings and shades, all clear cancelled, few short perforation faults, otherwise fine trio.

1878, 3 ca. deep red large dragon, used, clear cancelled, few short perforations at bottom, otherwise fine.