227: Europe & Overseas | 228 : Chile - The Joseph Hackmey Collection (part 1)

Lithographed by Henri Gillet 1854 (April-August): 5 c. red (rose)-brown, a used horizontal pair in a very rosy pastel shade, showing some misalignment, with good to large margins all round and portion of adjoining stamp at left, used on 1855 cover from Copiapo to Valparaiso endorsed 'por el Vapor', tied by light strikes of target handstamps in black. COPIAPO cds below (Aug 19) in black. A fine and scarce multiple on letter. Cert. RPSL (1994) Gi. 7a = unpriced/Scott = $ 900.rnProvenance: Collection jean Dupont, Balasse, May 1981, lot 416; Corinphila sale 90, Oct 1994, lot 6378.
Catalogue 228: CHILE - The Colon Issues