$40.00
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Perf. 13.5. Large part original gum (aprox 75%) with largish hinge remnant.$145.00
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Three Official Seals from the 1894 issue: Type I (CHILE shading to the right), Type II (CHILE shading centered) and Type III (bust of Columbus changed). Shades of reddish-lilac to lilac brown.
$50.00
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Only 1000 copies printed. Upper left corner perf missing, some paper adhesion to reverse. SOPA expertising certificate accompanies.$30.00
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$950.00
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Full sheet of the Waterlow printed, Scott Type 1 Cabezones, including sheet number to top right. Hinges on one row of stamps but otherwise unmounted mint. Foxing spots as per the images. Scarce as a full sheet.
$75.00
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Imperf to right side. Two expertisation marks to reverse, including Sociedad Filatelica de Chile.
$175.00
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This seal saw very little use and was withdrawn from sale due to the misspelling of the country's name. SOFICH claims 'not issued' but this is contradicted by Chile Filatelico (no.51 1942) which asserts that the dark blue shade (there are other colours) was used. Double Concepcion strike and the only used example I've seen.$225.00
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$250.00
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An important landmark in early Chilean aviation. Up until this experimental reconnaisance flight, letters bound for Argentina were initially transported on the Transandino rail service through the Andes. On 21/11/28 Jean Mermoz and his mechanic Alexandre Collenote made their first test flight to transport mail from Santiago to Mendoza and on to Buenos Aires with their Late 25 plane. All mail carried the cancellation “A expedier de Buenos Ayres 22 Nov 1928”. The success of the flight led to the first official airmail flight in July 1929.
$150.00
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Immaculate gum. Two expertisation marks to reverse, Roig and Vargas. Considerably undervalued in Scott.
$125.00
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An under catalogued stamp.
$200.00
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The first official return flight of Chile's newly inaugurated airline took place on March 6th 1929 although letters were cancelled with a 7th March date stamp. The plane had to make a forced landing and crashed, the mail finally arriving in Santiago on 23rd March.
$250.00
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An important cover in the history of Chilean aviation. In 1928 Arturo Merino Benítez, concerned about the entry of foreign airlines that had expressed interest in establishing air services in the country and exploiting Chilean airspace, understood the importance this would have for the future of aviation in Chile.
He requested permission from the President of the Republic to establish a mail and air transport service between Santiago and Arica, to be operated by the newly created “Línea Aérea Aeropostal Santiago-Arica” (Santiago-Arica Air Mail Line).
First using a DH-60 Moth biplane (De Havilland 60 Moth), and then a DH-60G Gypsy Moth, on January 21, 1929, ten planes departed for the northern region, making stops in Ovalle and Copiapó before reaching Arica. Prior to the official inauguration of the airline, 36 flights were made to Arica, transporting 12 passengers.
On March 5, 1929, the President of the Republic, Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, signed a document that officially inaugurated the “Santiago-Arica Aeropostal Airline”. Operations then officially began with the placement of the mailbag in a compartment behind the cockpit.
The airline was renamed “Línea Aérea Nacional” LAN in 1932.
March 5th 1929 Santiago CDS with Arica receiving stamp to reverse. Period clipping from the South American Journal accompanies.
$85.00
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Complete set together with additional later shades on thicker paper (not listed in Scott). Includes the scarce 2p Bluish Slate (C28a) of which only 14,500 were printed. Mostly MNH but a few light hinge marks here and there.
$65.00
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The inaugral flight from Santiago to Magallanes took place on 20th January 1937 via Puerto Montt, where this cover joined the flight (a Sikorsky seaplane) the following day. Includes the sender's receipt for $1.50. Magallanes receiving stamp to reverse.
$45.00
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Two blocks of six and one of four, all with marginal plate inscriptions.
$150.00
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Comemmorative cover from the final stop in this landmark expedition to traverse the American continent from Detroit to Tierra del Fuego. To quote Jim Benjaminson (who later tracked down the whereabouts of the vehicle):
“The Richardson Pan-American Highway Expedition is perhaps one of the greatest automotive stones of all time. In scope and magnitude it surpasses those pioneer automobilists that first crossed the United States at the turn of the century. The Richardson Expedition crossed not only this country but encompassed the area spanning two continents-crossing trackless wilderness, endless mud, uncharted territory and obstacles of every sort that Mother Nature could throw against them.
The men of the expedition, Sullivan C. Richardson, Arnold Whitaker and Kenneth C. Van Hee were many times called “Three Damn Fools” by friends and foes alike. It is a title that was perhaps fitting, considering the almost insurmountable odds against their succeeding -but succeed they did -and now that title is worn proudly- The Richardson Pan American Highway Expedition was perhaps the last great automotive adventure undertaken on the face of this earth.”
Signed by the three expedition members, the Comandante of the Chilean Navy, the Captain of the naval tender Galvarino and the American Vice Consul on the reverse. Tied by Scott 214, $1.80 Founding of Santiago. As written by Sullivan Richardson, the expedition leader:
"Later that night, in the tiny sale of the Galvarino, we brought out a number of expedition envelopes, which we intended to mail back to the States upon our arrival again in Magallanes. Cornerwise across them, we typed: "This envelope carried around Cape Horn August 19, 1941, at 3:00 P.M. by the Chilean Naval Tender 'Galvarino,' Wind, S.W. 7. seas heavy." Beneath that, the Commander of the Galvarino put his official stamp and signed each one in ink. Later at Magallanes, Comandante Arroyo did the same. It was official proof that we had "filled to the letter, the slogan of the Expedition: we had gone “From Detroit to Cape Horn!"
$50.00
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Spectacular doubled image of a plane in flight. Not recorded in SOFICH.
$39.00
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Scarce imperf variety, not listed in Scott, printed on gummed paper.
$95.00
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Claudio Gay Natural History Centenary blocks with selvedge. One 60c stamp has a thin, otherwise all MNH.
