Lot
156 
Ecuador, 1865, 1r buff, partial red "Loja" in diamond cancel, clear to ample margins, F.-V.F., an extremely rare postmark.Scott No. 3 Estimate $200 - 300.
Current Opening Bid: $100
Lot
157
Ecuador, 1865, 1r buff, complete manuscript Daule town cancel, clear to just into frameline at top, light corner crease at top right, Fine, with less than five recorded usages in manuscript.Scott No. 3 Estimate $200 - 300.
Current Opening Bid: $100
Lot
158 /
Ecuador, 1865, 1r light yellow ochre, coarse impression, upper pane of 45, o.g., mostly never hinged, full margins around, small defects in right stamps in third and bottom rows, otherwise Very Fine, a rare mint multiple.Scott No. 3 Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
Current Opening Bid: $750
Lot 159 o
Ecuador, 1865, 1r yellow buff, the singles in shades, each with full strike of red "Daule, Franca" town cancel with dates from Sept 21, 71 to March 9, 72, margins ample to just in, one with tiny tear, all Very Fine strikes, a very rare town postmark, with these three assembled over a 20 year period.Scott No. 3 Estimate $400 - 600.
The latest example in this trio appears to have the "E" in "Duale" changed to "N" possibly a place holder substitution for a broken letter.
Current Opening Bid: $200
Lot
160 
Ecuador, 1865, 1r bright yellow ochre, irregular block of 21, with complete first and second row of the sheet and showing full sheet margins and ruled lines at left and bottom, with full margins around, in combination with 1865, ½r fugitive blue (2) on large judicial wrapper to to Riobamba, all tied by fancy mute flower handstamps of Pelileo, with neat red "Pelileo, Franca, Set 15, 71" cds above, manuscript "43oz" weight notation at upper right, Extremely Fine.Scott No. 3 Estimate $7,500 - 10,000.
ONE OF THE LARGEST KNOWN MULTIPLES OF THE 1 REALES BRIGHT YELLOW ISSUE TIED BY FANCY CANCELLATION ON COVER - AN OUTSTANDING PIECE OF ECUADORIAN POSTAL HISTORY.
Current Opening Bid: $3,750
Lot
161
Ecuador, 1865, 1r light bistre, vertical strip of five and strip of four, full margins with top stamp in strip four a bit in at top, in combination with 1865, ½r blue (2) on judicial wrapper to Quito, canceled and tied together by neat "Latacunga" provisional box postmarks, red crayon "18½oz" weight notation and "13 de Mayo de 1866" docketing on reverse, Very Fine, this Latacunga pre-adhesive postmark was used during the first half of 1865, fewer than ten recorded usages of this provisional handstamp used as a cancelling device.Scott No. 3 Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
Current Opening Bid: $1,500
Lot
162
Ecuador, 1865, 1r light orange buff, right margin vertical pair and single, in combination with 1865, ½r blue on judicial wrapper to Quito, all tied by blue "Ibarra, Franca" two-line handstamp from the pre-adhesive period, manuscript 7oz weight notation; cover missing bottom flap and file fold affecting top stamp in pair, otherwise Very Fine.Scott No. 3 Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
AN EXTREMELY RARE AND ONE OF TWO KNOWN ON COVER USAGES OF THE IBARRA PRE-ADHESIVE CANCELLATION USED ON THE FIRST ISSUE - ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CANCELLATION USAGES OF ECUADORIAN PHILATELY.
This cancel has been recorded by Ayora on fewer than five single stamps off cover, with none struck in blue. It was used during the first months of 1865, prior to the arrival of new postmarks in Ibarra.
Current Opening Bid: $1,000
Lot
163
Ecuador, 1865, 1r orange buff, seven horizontal pairs, consisting of one pair (lower left) of the earliest dull orange buff shade and six pairs of the latter dark orange buff shade, all with full margins, in combination with 1865, ½r blue (2) on large judicial wrapper to Riobamba, all tied by "Quito, Franca, Mayo 2, 66" cds's, manuscript "1 La 13 oz" weight notation at upper right, Very Fine and choice, this wrapper represents one of the finest examples of the early 1 reales buff issues.Scott No. 3 Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
Current Opening Bid: $750
Lot
164 ()
Ecuador, 1865, 1r light bistre, block of 18, positions 46//63, nearly full margins all around, crease in bottom left stamp, tied by dotted lozenge handstamps on part wrapper to Riobamba, with "Guaranda, Fevr 5, 66" cds's at center of block, Very Fine, this being the largest multiple of this scarce shade and among the largest multiples of Ecuador's first issue.Scott No. 3 Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Current Opening Bid: $500
Lot
165 ()
Ecuador, 1865, 1r orange buff, horizontal strip of 5 and three pairs, all with full margins, on on early 1865 judicial linen front to Quito, canceled by manuscript "Riobamba" and condensed "Riobba" postmarks, manuscript "22oz" weight notation at upper right; one pair with wrinkle at bottom, still Very Fine, perhaps the largest number of manuscript canceled examples of the 1r orange buff on any piece.Scott No. 3 Estimate $750 - 1,000.
The manuscript Riobamba cancels where used in 1865 just prior to the issue of handstamp devices.
Current Opening Bid: $375