Auction # 2438 ARGENTINA: Special October 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...

RARE RATE for radio hams: Cover sent from Esperanza Antarctic base to Mendoza on 14/SE/1985, with special reduced rate for radio hams of $a15 (paid with 15 stamps of $a1 GJ.2105A), excellent and unusual!

GJ.16e, 4R. green, blurred impression, with VARIETY "inscription and top frame broken", uncancelled franking a cover sent from San Nicolás to Rosario, with double ogive dispatching mark. Normally these letters from San Nicolás had the postal mark separated from the postage, which was cancelled by a Z-shaped pen cancel, rare, with Alberto Solari certificate

COMBINATION OF VARIETIES: GJ.17d + 17e, 1P. dark blue with 2 varieties: "BUENQS" and "flaw on the right frame between N and C of FRANCE", mint, VF quality, rare!

GJ.18Aa, 1P. milky blue with very notable COMPLETE DOUBLE IMPRESSION, very rare, VF quality!

GJ.6a, yellow, GUTTER PAIR with types 4 + 1 (from 2 different blocks of 8!), franking a cover sent "por diligencia" to Mercedes, with an attractive pen cancel possibly of Curuzú Cuatiá, very fine quality, signed by Alberto Solari

GJ.2a + 2e + 2f, 10c. green, strip with the 9 types, the left example with variety "Period after the 10", the right example with "Large spot on the T of CENTAV", light crease of no importance, excellent appearance, rare!

GJ.8B, 10c. dark green, attractive example of very ample margins, spectacular color and very fresh, superb!

GJ.9, 15c. blue, pair with complete "CERTIFICADO" ellipse of Gualeguaychú, with several small thins, all the same very fine appearance, good opportunity at low start! With Alberto Solari certificate

GJ.16, 1st printing imperforate, dull impression, handsome stamp with 7x7 dotted cancel of Buenos Aires, light paper fold, splendid, with Alberto Solari certificate

GJ.20i, 3rd printing, on DIAGONAL RIBBED PAPER, very notable, franking a folded cover sent from Paraná to Buenos Aires on 29/JUL/1865, extremely rare, superb!

RARE BISECT: GJ.23BI, 10c. green, diagonal half used as 5c. on a fragment with double ellipse "RIOJA - FRANCA" cancel + pen cancel, rare, very few examples with this mark are known, with Alberto Solari certificate.