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Auction: 5USA - The Oritz-Patino Collection of Bolivia
Lot: 2058

Americas inbound mail to Bolivia balance of collection, plus a few later from other miscellaneous countries around the world, interesting selection of 27 covers including ten attractive covers from Argentina to Bolivia, starts with an 1801 pre-stamp cover with ""Buenos/Ayres."" straight line handstamp to Potosi in colonial period Bolivia, includes five other nice stampless including rare fancy negative oval of Salta, also four stamped covers, one with 5c Red Confederation issue (#1) and another with sheet margin 10c Green of the first Republic issue (#6; 1991 Peter Holcombe certificate), also includes two 1867 covers from the United States with 24c Gray franking in combination with two 5c Brown or 10c Green (#67,76,78), two covers from Chile and a very interesting cover from Para, Brazil on the Amazon that went all the way out to the Atlantic around to St. Thomas where a 1/- Green of Great Britain was applied for British packet to Cobija with British post office c.d.s., then to Santa Cruz in the interior of Bolivia, which was actually a relatively short distance from where it started if it could have gone overland, a few cover faults to the United States covers, most are clean and attractive, fine-very fine; a most interesting collection of mostly 19th century mail to Bolivia; accompanied by two certifica Estimate US$ 1,500-1,800

Estimate
$1,500 to $1,800