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Auction: SW1020 - Maritime Mail of Spanish Colonies in America
Lot: 210

PeruOutgoing Mail1805, Sept. 26. Folded registered cover from Lima to Santiago (Chile), carried by the "La Primera" frigate as endorsed at lower left, bearing bold strikes of "Certifcacion/A.Lima" two-line and "Franca" straight-line handstamps in red, charged at double rate in manuscript on reverse for a total of 7½ reales including 5 reales of the maritime fee and 2½ reales. Annotated as received including date and signature inside, as stipulated for registered mail by postal rules. Registered maritime mail is exceedingly scarce, and of great postal-history interest as an extraordinary service rarely used in this period, with only less than five maritime examples being known. Ex Kouri. Although not being maritime mail, a similar registered cover, bearing the same postmarks and dated 1807, August 29, is also included in this lot to demonstrate the difference between the maritime and overland rates, the former being of lower cost than the postage applied on mail conveyed overland to Chile; in this case, as handwritten on reverse, being 16½ reales, including 10 reales registration fee.

Estimate
€3,000