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Auction: SW1013 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 113

1858, ‘Medio Peso’ rose red, error of colour, vertical se-tenant pair containing the ‘Medio Peso’ at base, type A, position 1 of the bottom row of the transfer block, as well as 1 peseta example, type 5, coming from the position 1 of the upper row, with both stamps originating from the same transfer block, in a delicate light shade with clear to huge margins, paying a double external rate on 18 June 1858 entire letter to Cochabamba (Bolivia), with manuscript “3/4” indication of weight, tied by “Admon Pral de Correos/Tacna” cds’s, with trace of “4” reales in manuscript alongside charged on arrival. A very fine example of this rarity, one of only four genuine covers recorded bearing a se-tenant error pair, this being the only one addressed to a foreign destination, thus including a significant and important feature making this item the most important in comparison to the other three. One of the most significant postal history items in Peruvian philately. Bargholtz Census Ca2. Scott 5+4. Cert. Moorhouse. Ex Ferrary, Hall, Nosiglia, Schatzkès, Hubbard and "Tito" collecton.

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