Sale 94: The Fall Sale

Lot 2397    

Ecuador, 1865, 1r yellow, embossed arms, showing strong embossing in lower portion of stamp, margins large to just touching at bottom left, tied by blue "Guayaquil, Franca, 3 Ago" cds on fresh 1870 folded letter to Riobamba, Very Fine and choice.
Scott No. 4e; $500 off cover    Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.

A BEAUTIFUL ON COVER USAGE OF THE 1R YELLOW EMBOSSED ARMS VARIETY.

Realized: $750

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Lot 2398    

Ecuador, 1865, 1r green, horizontal pair, full o.g., full margins, right stamp with tiny thin at top, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott No. 5    Estimate $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $750

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Lot 2399 ()   

Ecuador, 1865, 1r green, two singles, in combination with 1865, 1r yellow on part Judicial wrapper front to Guaranda, all tied by "3154" in lozenge cancels of Quito, Very Fine, ex-Saá and Olgieser.
Scott No. 5+4    Estimate $15,000 - 20,000.

ONE OF FIVE KNOWN COVERS BEARING SAME DENOMINATION OF THE 1865 1 REAL STAMPS IN GREEN AND YELLOW - AND AN UNIQUE FRANKING BEARING TWO 1R GREEN AND ONE 1R YELLOW ISSUES.

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Lot 2400    

Ecuador, 1865, 1r green, vertical strips of three and four, positions 24/33/42 (middle stamp broken frameline at right variety) and 51/60/69/78, margins large to just in, canceled by "Latacunga" provisional box cancels on oversized Judicial wrapper to Riobamba, red crayon "14 oz" weight notation, Very Fine and choice, 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. 5    Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.

Realized: $4,500

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Lot 2401    

Ecuador, 1865, 1r green, embossed arms, clear to large margins, showing embossed arms in the upper portion of stamp, in combination with 1865, 1r yellow buff of the third printing on folded letter sheet to Trujillo, Peru, tied by "Guayaquil, Feb 21, 73" cds and bold "Franca" in lozenge, Very Fine, a very late usage of the first issue, ex-Longhi.
Scott No. 5b+4    Estimate $15,000 - 20,000.

ONE OF TWO PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCES KNOWN BEARING SAME DENOMINATION OF THE 1865 1 REAL STAMPS IN GREEN AND YELLOW.

Only five covers are known bearing same denomination 1 real represented by the different stamps in the issued colors green and yellow. This cover is even more remarkable as it represents private mail and that the 1r green is the scarce embossed arms variety.

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Lot 2402    

Ecuador, 1866, 4r brown red, printed on both sides, left margin horizontal pair, left stamp "round medallion" variety, full o.g., margins clear to large, fresh with strong color, Very Fine and choice, very rare with few multiples known, especially so se-tenant with the "round medallion" variety.
Scott No. 6c    Estimate $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $850

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Lot 2403    

Ecuador, 1866, 4r dark carmine, position 57 from the 1867 printing, clear to large margins showing portion of adjacent stamp at left, in combination with 1865, 1r green, horizontal pair (positions 39-40) on 1868 folded letter sheet to Lima, Peru paying the triple rate not exceeding ¾ oz., all tied by "Franca" in lozenge handstamps of Guayaquil, red crayon "2" reales due and "Lima, Ago 1, 1868" receiving backstamp, Very Fine, ex-Lund; with 2013 Moorhouse certificate.
Scott No. 6+5    Estimate $5,000 - 7,500.

A UNIQUE COMBINATION FRANKING BEARING THE 1866 4R ISSUE ON A PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE TO PERU.

Realized: $5,000

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Lot 2404    

Ecuador, 1866, 4r dark carmine, vertical pair, clear to large margins, in combination with four margin 1865, 1r yellow buff on Judicial wrapper from Quito, tied by red "3154" in lozenge cancels; cover reduced at right, Very Fine.
Scott No. 6+4    Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.

Realized: $2,200

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Lot 2405 ()   

Ecuador, 1866, 4r brown red, margins clear to just shaving design at bottom left, in combination with 1865, 1r yellow buff on part Judicial wrapper, tied by "3154" in lozenge cancels of Quito, Very Fine.
Scott No. 6+4    Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.

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Lot 2406    

Ecuador, 1897, 20c black, tied by blue "Guayaquil, Oct 30, 1897" cds on cover with "From, Scientific Expedition, Frank Blake Webster Co." corner card cover and "Mailed at Islas Galapagos" endorsement at upper right, addressed back to expedition organizer Frank Blake Webster in Hyde Park, Mass. with "via Guayaquil, Panama, New York" directive, reverse with "New York, Nov 11, 97, Paid All" duplex transit and receiving postmark, Very Fine; with photocopy of 1996 Moorhouse certificate.
Scott No. 105    Estimate $750 - 1,000.

A WONDERFUL AND POSSIBLY UNIQUE COVER FROM THE 1897 THE WEBSTER-HARRIS EXPEDITION TO THE GALAPAGOS ISLAND.

In 1897, Walter Rothschild (2nd Baron Rothschild) approached Frank Blake Webster to organize a collecting trip on the Galapagos Islands. Webster gathered taxidermists and naturalists, including Rollo Beck, to collect Galapagos tortoises and land birds. Webster, however, would state in the states, but the expedition is still called the Webster-Harris expedition by scholars. However, Webster's group discovered the flightless cormorant, which Rothschild named after taxidermist Charles Miller Harris, a member of the expedition.

Realized: $950

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