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Auction: SW1002 - Latin America, including the Tito Collection - Part I
Lot: 607

1866-72, 4r. red, upper left diagonal half, very slightly cut into, in a deep carmine shade, paying the single maritime rate to Peru up to 1/4 oz, on 26 April 1869 entire letter from Guayaquil to Lima, tied by red ´´Franca´´ dotted grid on dispatch, with arrival on reverse. Very few covers are believed to exist as having been franked by a bisected 4r., this being most unusually cancelled in red. Cert. RPS. Scott 6d. Starting Price US$ 1,000

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