$80.00
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Security punched plate proofs on thin gummed paper from the Waterlow archives. Fresh.$55.00
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Top two stamps are LM Mint, bottom two are MNH. Light toning to reverse.$65.00
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One stamp is MNH, the other LM Mint. Sanabria stamp to reverse.$35.00
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Distinctive inverted V shaped plate flaw to bottom right stamp. Lighly mounted in the selvedge only.$80.00
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The first stamp is full perf, the second part perf on three sides and the third is part perf on two sides only. MNH (LM Mint on the selvedge). Sanabria stamp to reverse. Cefilco 440a. Scarce.$45.00
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Distinctive full offset of the center vignette. MNH on the gummed side, LM Mint on the face.$25.00
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Horizontal imperf pair variety. Not listed in Scott. Cefilco 450a.$25.00
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One stamp MNH, the other LM Mint.$45.00
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Incomplete perfs to lower vertical sides. One stamp MNH.$160.00
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Uncatalogued in Scott but listed as 457a-462a in Cefilco. No 1.40 Bs. One stamp MNH, the other LM Mint.$45.00
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Top horizontal perforations omitted. Hinged in the selvedge only, pencil notation to front.$85.00
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Booklet of stamps, given to delegates at the 1950 Postal Union of the Americas congress, held in Madrid in 1950. Contains Scott 331-332, C125-C127, 334-339, C128-C129, C130-C136. A scarce item.$165.00
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Zeppelin cover from Cochabamba, Bolivia to Lorch, Germany via Brazil. Posted on 20th March with Brazil cachet in green, showing the 25c 5g letter rate plus 1b 50c uprated Zeppelin surcharge. Receiving mark and LAB handstamp to reverse. Light creasing at base.$50.00
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Large margins, lightly cancelled and lightly mounted. Expertiser's mark to reverse.$50.00
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On thick paper, printed by the Brazilian mint in 1910. MNG as printed.$125.00
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A good four margin example with 1860's (Aug '63?) Messageries Imperiales double-ring cancel in red. Lightly mounted.$150.00
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The two shades of Brazil's 1871 200r Telegraph showing the scarcer darker green shade. The light green with gum (small mark on reverse), the darker green MNG. Both with four margins.| /
$160.00
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Entire handstamped with Alexander Wagner oval forwarding agent mark and additional Thomsen & Co. Rio Grande do Sul oval cachet, further handstamped with a circular, red 'Paid All' CDS upon arrival in New York. Tied with 200r Dom Pedro cancelled with segmented cork cancel in black with further Rio de Janeiro CDS. Handwritten contents in English.$125.00
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A fresh example with no toning. Lightly mounted with a small hinge remnant.| /
$175.00
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Scarce as a multiple of eight. Hinge remnants on two stamps, slight toning.$40.00
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$40.00
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A fresh pair, previously lightly mounted.$95.00
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Vertical pair with double cork cancels showing part ABNC imprint at base. RHM puts a 30 x premium (!) on the 80r value as a pair, so I presume multiples must be infrequently found.$65.00
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Large part original gum with hinge remnant. Light gum mark towards upper left perfs. A couple of shortish perfs.$70.00
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Fresh strip of four on piece with two double ring Jundiahy (Jundiai) cancellations, dated July 1886. RHM 64 'Quadras'.$40.00
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Thick paper. Nicely centered. Hinge remnant.$25.00
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$49.00
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$45.00
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ABNC plate proof, mounted to card with paper adhesion to reverse. An attractive revenue design.$95.00
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Issued on 3rd July 1906, the IMPOSTO DE CONSUMO watermark is easily identifiable with such a large block. An 8 x 3 block with gutter margin inbetween. Toned.$45.00
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A quality used set with a nice Sao Paulo cancel on the top value, the key stamp of the set. A few hinge remnants.$490.00
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$490.00
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$45.00
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Looks MNH but has the barest trace of a hinge. 10,100 printed.$45.00
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15,050 printed.$55.00
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Italic overprint; 10,100 printed.$120.00
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A fine used set.$115.00
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Type II 'no line in cloud' variety. There are three printings to this issue. The first printing is claret with 13,888 printed. The third (most common) is dark red with 69,272 printed. This is the second (and hardest to find), cherry red printing with only 9024 printed. Looks MNH but has just the tiniest trace of prior hinging. Fresh with clear gum.$125.00
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Casa de Moeda presentation booklet displaying the imperf Victory set on card. These booklets are frequently found with oxidised stamps; these are fresh on bright, white card. Signed and dated in ink by the Director of Posts and Telegraph. Only 6,500 booklets with English descriptions printed.$125.00
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Casa de Moeda presentation booklet with descriptive narrative in Russian, displaying the imperf set on card. These booklets are frequently found with oxidised stamps; these are fresh on bright, white card. Signed and dated in ink by the Director of Posts and Telegraph. Only 2,500 Russian booklets printed.$95.00
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Condor-Lufthansa New Year card from Brazil to Switzerland. Neatly typed message on the reverse with a nicely cancelled Brazil Scott 448 and B7. Superb condion. No folds, bends or scuffs.$150.00
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Perkins Bacon first London printing, watermark position 1. Four margins, tight to lower left and upper right. SON four concentric ring cancellation.$140.00
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Perkins Bacon first printing, watermark position 4. Four margins, very tight to left but not touching. Four concentric ring cancel on blued paper. Owner's/expertizer's mark to reverse.$225.00
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September 1854 Desmadryl printing, watermark position 1. There is an optimistic pencil notation on the reverse of the stamp 'verdoso' (greenish). I am more inclined towards slate blue. Four margins tight to right and a crisp impression. Expertizer's/owners mark to reverse.$225.00
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Recess printed by Gillet in the distinctive burnt sienna shade with a light cancellation. Watermark position 2. Three very good margins with the fourth just touching at top right. Pencil notation to reverse.$540.00
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A fine used block, watermark position 4. Large margins with target handstamp cancellations. Tiny cut into frame line of lower right stamp. 1996 Corinphila Certificate (corner crease is mentioned but not detectable). Sold for CHF 1300 + commission in the Islander Sale in 1996.
$60.00
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Clear 24th September 1871 red, concentric ring Copiapo cancel, tied with 1867 issue, 10c blue.$50.00
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A superbly centered, unmounted strip of four with marginal ABNC imprint. 1892 printing in a dark gray-green shade.$75.00
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Sepia on cream paper, printed by Henri Gillet. A classic and popular large-format design. Double 1898 cancellation completely clear of the image.$40.00
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The blue seal was reserved for the exclusive use of the central return letter office in Santiago; the red for all other Post Offices. Both very nicely centered. Scott unlisted.