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Auction: SW1020 - Maritime Mail of Spanish Colonies in America
Lot: 215

PeruOutgoing Mail1810 circa. Cover front via Guayaquil to Guatemala, bearing a marvelous and complete strike of "Dirn.Genl.de/Rents.Estan/cadas del/Peru." laurelled "crown" marking in black, handstamped at Lima with red "Perù" straight line (Sitjà type II), rated at "12" reales and endorsed "Por Guayaquil en la Fragta. Warren". The American "Warren" frigate was captured by the Spanish Navy when this ship was smuggling commercial goods into Quiriquina Island in the Bay of Concepción (Chile) on 25.9.1807, being under Spanish flag until 1813, when it took part in the blockade of Valparaiso. An extremely rare Spanish Colonial mail carried by an American captured ship, this being an absolutely extraordinary characteristic. Certs. Comex and Moorhouse.

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