Auction # 2445 ARGENTINA: Special auction with very low starts and lots for collectors of every level!

"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...

Illustrated cover of the 1961/2 Argentine Antarctic campaign, with postmark of Esperanza base of 4/DE/1961, sent to Buenos Aires, with arrival backstamp, very nice

Cover with GJ.1400 (map), Operación 90 Polo Sur, with first day postmark, and special handstamp of the operation, VF

2 Antarctic bases: Cover with marks of ship "Libertad" + of the bases Esperanza and Brown, we also include a postcard of the ship, very nice lot

Cover sent from Gral San Martin Antarctic base to B.Aires on 22/FE/1976

2 Covers sent from JUBANY Antarctic base to Buenos Aires in different years, very nice

GJ.1/4, Gauchito, complete set of 4 values, the 4 Reales with immense sheet margin, the 2 high values without gum, one with small defect in one border, all with very fresh colors

Paley reprint of Dos Ps black, on white opaque paper, VF quality

2 Arate reprints, tete-beche, of Tres Ps + IN Ps, very nice

Latour reprints, 3 different values, VF quality

GJ.17, 1P. blue, on fragment, excellent

GJ.17A, 1P. indigo (very rare color!), with dotted 6x6 cancel of San Nicolás, on fragment, corner defect, catalog value US$140