Auction # 2446 ARGENTINA: Special December auction

"Joyas Filatélicas de la República Argentina 1862-1867", 337 pages, fantastic book recently published, author Pablo Reim, editor Guillermo Jalil. Excellent work with illustrations in full color of the great pieces and letters of the "Escuditos" and "Rivadavias" issues. It also includes other very interesting chapters: Pre-stamp mail postal marks, cancels applied on classic issues, and a short but attractive introduction to Argentine...

ANTARCTIC FLIGHTS - INTER-BASES SERVICES: 7 Covers flown between Antarctic bases between 1970 and 1981, a couple with signatures of the authorities, excellent quality, very rare lot!

GJ.6, Tres Ps. green, type 47 on the reconstruction, ponchito cancel, immense margins, excellent quality, signed by Victor Kneitschel on back, superb!

GJ.17, 1P. blue, SHEET CORNER (position 10, with lines in top and right border), on fragment with double cancellation: illegible pen + rimless datestamp of Buenos Aires, excellent!

GJ.17a, 1P. blue with very notable complete DOUBLE IMPRESSION, excellent qulaity, very rare!

GJ.17, 1P. dark blue with variety: "stone at left of the C of FRANCO", very lightly pen cancelled, VF quality, rare!

GJ.17, 1P. dark blue with variety: "flaw between second R and E of CORREOS", with receiving cancel of Montevideo (+100%), excellent quality!

GJ.20, 2P. blue ABSOLUTELY CLEAR impression, superb copy on fragment used in B.Aires, excellent!

GJ.1, Un Real MC blue, pair formed by types 3 and 4, mint with original gum (+50%), very rare. With a light crease of little importance, very fresh, with very wide margins, beautiful and of excellent appearance, rare! With Alberto Solari certificate

GJ.5, bluish green, type 6, with "CORR.IENTES" variety, pen cancelled, very fine quality!

GJ.5A, bottle green, type 5, franking an entire letter sent from Yaguareté Corá to Goya on 13/NO/1866 (last known date for this place), with typical pen cancel of origin, very nice, signed by Kneitschel. Entire letters that allow to know with certainty the origin and date of use of pen marks are scarce!

GJ.7, dark blue, COMPLETE SHEET of 32 examples in 4 groups with the 8 types, composition 2, disposition IV. It includes 4 TETE-BECHE pairs and 8 with gutter, excellent quality!