Lot
1323 (
)
Ecuador, 1866, 4r pale rose, bottom margin irregular block of seventeen, positions 49/ 59-62 // 98-101, margins large to just in, in combination with 1865, 1r yellow buff on large cloth package wrapper addressed to Quito, all tied by "Riobamba, 26 Aout" second type cds's, manuscript "34oz½" weight endorsement (1r per ½oz rate), wrapper turned four days later and reused back to Riobamba franked with 1866, 4r scarlet, horizontal strip of three and single + 1865, ½r blue + 1r yellow buff all tied by red "Quito, 30 Ago, 71" cds's, manuscript "2lb3oz" weight endorsement (official ½r per ½oz parcel rate); some staining and small paper flaws, F.-V.F., ex-Longhi. Scott No. 6+4 Estimate $150,000 - 200,000.
THE LARGEST USED MULTIPLE OF THE 1866 4 REALES ISSUE ON A TURNED WRAPPER SHOWING BOTH OFFICIAL AND NON-OFFICIAL RATES - THIS IS THE LARGEST RECORDED FRANKING IN THE CLASSIC PERIOD OF ECUADOR AND CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT ITEM OF ECUADORIAN PHILATELY.