Lot 1198 o
Ecuador, 1865, ½r blue, clear "Quito, Franca, 6 Enero, 65" town cancel, small flaws, Very Fine appearance, believed to be the second earliest recorded usage of the first issues of Ecuador.Scott No. 2 Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $190
Lot 1199 o
Ecuador, 1865, ½r blue, two singles and horizontal pair; each bearing a red "Cuenca Franca" in oval pre-adhesive cancel; right stamp in pair with tiny thin, otherwise Very Fine, very scarce as this provisional handstamp was only used for a short time before the introduction of the new handstamps.Scott No. 2 Estimate $200 - 300.
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1200 
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Ecuador, 1865, ½r blue, balance of 10 singles; includes unused single from the first printing, three better town cancels including Montecristi, Esmeraldas and Tulcan, five bearing the red "P.I." in star cancel of Quito in various shades, and the third type Quito cds in red; few flaws, F.-V.F. overall. Scott No. 2 Estimate $300 - 400.
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1201 /o/
Ecuador, 1865, ½r blue study, of 38 mostly used stamps on pages; mostly in a section of the various shades from indigo to the late grayish blue shades, scarce Prussian blue shade, section of water soluble ink impressions, mint includes a couple marginal singles, also includes ½r & 1r orange solo usages on Judicial fronts Guaranda to Chimbo; nice 4-margin stamp throughout, Very Fine. Scott No. 2 Estimate $500 - 750.
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1202 /o
Ecuador, 1865, ½r blue, group of 18 stamps from the 1870-71 printings showing various oily ink prints; includes four mint singles (two with sheet margin), used including two singles on piece with Otavalo town cancels, horizontal pair with dotted grid, strip of three with manuscript cancel and two strips of four with Franca lozenge and town cancels, a Very Fine group. Scott No. 2 Estimate $250 - 350.
These printings were executed by using oily inks which were not uniformly applied, thus resulting in blurred impressions. Shades range from pale ultramarine to gray blue.
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Realized: $180
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1203 ()
Ecuador, 1865, ½r blue, bottom margin block of 24, positions 40-45//76-81, showing full margin rule, canceled by red "Azogues, Franca, 16 Feb, 71" cds's tying on Judicial wrapper piece affixed to sheet of 1871-72 Papel Sellado; block with a vertical split at top and small flaws at right side, F.-V.F., ex-Saá and Longhi; with 2011 Moorhouse certificate. Scott No. 2 Estimate $20,000 - 30,000.
THE LARGEST RECORDED MULTIPLE OF THE 1865 ½R ISSUE BEARING THE EXTREMELY RARE AZOGUES CANCELLATION.
This wrapper was dispatched at the tiny post office of Azogues, in the province of El Azuay, with it's first handstamp which is a unique usage on the first issues. Only a extremely few other previous usages are known from this town with usages being in manuscript. Fewer than five postal documents are known bearing this handstamp cancellation.
Realized: $15,000
Lot
1204
Ecuador, 1865, ½r blue, two singles, soluble ink impressions of the third period, in combination with 1865, 1r yellow buff, three singles, all petit cut on fresh 1871 folded letter from Guayaquil to Lima, Peru, carried at the double external rate not exceeding ½ oz. for an American destination, tied by neat "Franca" in dotted lozenge handstamps of Guayaquil, Extremely Fine, ex-Olgieser. Scott No. 2 Estimate $10,000 - 15,000.
A UNIQUE 1865 ½R BLUE & 1R YELLOW COMBINATION FRANKING TO PERU - ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED COVERS IN ECUADORIAN PHILATELY.
Letters, being other than Judicial correspondence, with exceptional frankings are most infrequent.
Lot
1205
Ecuador, 1865, ½r blue, ample to large margins, tied by "Quito, Franca, 5 Feb, 68" cds on cover to Paris, France paying the internal postage to Guayaquil, routed via British P.O. with "Guayaquil, Fe 10, 1868" double arc cds and red London transit on reverse, bold boxed "GB, 1F90c" accountancy handstamp and "12" decimes due handstamp applied upon arrival, Very Fine, letters from Ecuador to destinations in Europe bearing the first issue as part payment of the postage are very rare, ex-Longhi; with 2009 Moorhouse certificate. Scott No. 2 Estimate $6,000 - 8,000.
ONE OF SEVEN RECORDED FIRST ISSUE COVERS ADDRESSED TO A TRANSATLANTIC DESTINATION.
Lot
1206
Ecuador, 1865, ½r grayish ultramarine, blurred impression, large margins, tied by "Loja, 19 Juil" second type cds on 1871 folded letter to Lima, Peru, letter carried overland with ½r paying the rate to the Ecuador border, reverse with oval "Piura" Peruvian transit handstamp and front with manuscript "10¢" (centimos) for inland carriage to Lima, "Lima, 1 Ago, 1871" receiving backstamp, Very Fine, ex-Goeggel. Scott No. 2 Estimate $6,000 - 8,000.
AN EXCEPTIONAL AND UNIQUE OVERLAND USAGE TO PERU BEARING A SOLO ½ REALES ISSUE.
This reduced foreign rate was not stipulated by postal rules and it may be deduced that the ½r paid the internal transit in Ecuador to the border, with the 10 centimos on arrival paying the Peruvian portion of the journey. Arrival at Lima 13 days after departure and Piura backstamp confirms that the carriage was overland, whereas the maritime conveyance usually employed less than a week.
Lot
1207
Ecuador, 1865, ½r blue, horizontal strip of four, wide margins, tied by "Guayaquil, May 1, 65" cds's on reverse of folded letter sheet to Valparaiso, Chile, front with two additional strikes on townmark, strip used to seal cover with right stamp torn across on opening, otherwise Very Fine, ex-Dujmovic and Longhi; with 2011 Moorhouse certificate. Scott No. 2 Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
THE EARLIEST RECORDED OF ECUADORIAN STAMP ON COVER TO A FOREIGN DESTINATION.
Realized: $6,000