Lot 2096 /o/
Chile, Columbus Issue Collection, 1853-65, arranged on quadrille pages in album, generally moderate duplication in issues (+/- 5-30 examples), with color variety, plate and paper variety, etc.; 1853 London Prints with 5c issue including white paper variety and straight line Valparaiso cancellation, 10c issues many 4-margin examples, 1854 Santiago issues with 5c Desmadryl issues including 4-margin pairs, imprint single, double impression and a selection of on cover, 5c Gillet issues including color varieties (one marked the rare chocolate variety) and 4-margin single on cover, 10c issues including unused (small tear, with cert), 5c litho issue including a nice strip of three (#7, cat $975 for singles), 1855, 5c London Prints with pairs and a strip of 6, 1856-62 Santiago Prints with a 5c study of the various printing and some unusual cancellations, similar study of the 10c issue including many bisects on piece from the various printings and an on cover bisect usage, 1862 London Print with 1c issues including 4-margin mint o.g. pair and a used double impression one inverted single (ex Galvez, Blank), 10c issues with multiples including strip of 6 and 9 (ex Dupont), many items identified for plate retouches and re-entry, several on cover usages 20c issue including several mint, 1865 5c Santiago Print with a host of shades, watermark and printing variety including printed on both sides, cancellations, on cover, etc.; a wonderful assembly of these classic issues.Estimate $4,000 - 6,000.
Realized: $16,000