Santa Fe Collections of South America and the Middle East
January 11, 2012
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #160 PARAGUAY 1870 1r bright rose, large margins all around, tied by Asuncion double ring pmk pmk on FL used in 1874 (23 Sep) to Buenos Aires, endorsed "por Vapor Goya" (river steamer), filing fold away from the stamp, fine and attractive number one on cover, with arrival docketing, 2002 Moorhouse cert.,  Catalog #1 Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #161 PARAGUAY 1870 2r dark blue, rare shade unused, with original gum, v.f., signed Nissen, Roig etc., with Moorhouse cert. * Catalog #2a | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #162 PARAGUAY 1870 3r black, the largest recorded multiple of this stamp, irregular block of nine, marginal from left of the sheet (positions 71/81-84/91-94), unused with some creases, pos.82 with nick at top, other minor imperfections of no importance, with 2001 Dr.Mario Kurchan certificate, ex-Dale-Lichtenstein and "Crown Point" collections  (*)Catalog #3 | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #163 PARAGUAY 1878 5c on 2c blue, surcharged in black, unused, also in blue (used), plus 5h on 3c black, unused, minute thin spots, otherwise fine-v.f., rare, each with Moorhouse cert., (*)O Catalog #5,5H,9 Catalog Value $1,575 | Unsold |
 | Lot #164 PARAGUAY 1878 black surcharge "5" (cents) on 3c black, two imperf. singles, each with margins all around, tied by oval of dots in blue green, also unframed "Da Buenos Aires col Postali Italiani" transit on small cover to Potenza Italy, charged "20" (decimes), with the additional of 1L postage due (based on the markings, another 1L stamp was removed and a presumably similar 1L hinged at top for aesthetic purposes), Buenos Aires transit, part Genova and Potenza arrival pmks on back. The two Paraguay stamps with minor faults, filing folds and part of backflap of cover torn away, the 1L postage due corner missing, otherwise fine, accompanied by 2001 Dr.Mario Kurchan and 2006 Brian Moorhouse certificates ("this cover is now the earliest known usage of a surcharged "5" on or off cover and it is the only known contemporary multiple franking of any of the "5" centavos surcharged stamps. This cover is also one of just three recorded covers franked with the small "5" in black on 3r stamp"). A remarkable rarity of Paraguay Catalog #5E | Price Realized $8,000.00 |
 | Lot #165 PARAGUAY 1892 (14 Oct) registered AR cover from Asuncion, sent to Frederico Alonso, the Paraguayan Consul in Buenos Aires, franked with six copies of the reissued "5" on 1r rose pink, three in blue and three in black, neatly arranged in alternating fashion, including inverted of each, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk (18 Oct), rare, with 2002 Moorhouse cert. (Scott's note: "remainders of Nos 4 and 5F were placed on sale at post offices during 1892. Covers dated 1892 are worth about $7,500") | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #166 PARAGUAY 1881 1c blue, horizontal sheet bottom sheet margin part imprint pair imperf. between, with Moorhouse cert. ("the 1c imperforate between pair is by far, the rarest of 1881 perforation varieties"), also 2c rose red and brown, vertical or horizontal pairs imperf. Between * Catalog #14b,15b,c,16b,c | Unsold |
 | Lot #167 PARAGUAY 1884 two covers used in 1886 to Rosario Santa Fe or Montevideo, one with diagonal half of 2c and two entire stamps paying 5c local rate; the other with bisected 5c with the entire stamp paying 7 1/c to Uruguay, both with arrival pmks, fine Catalog #21,22 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #168 PARAGUAY 1911 50c orange & black, center inverted, perforated and gummed trial color proof, also imperf. block of four, fine-v.f. PCatalog #206P | Unsold |
 | Lot #169 PARAGUAY 1939 University, 50c and 1p, each with center vignettes inverted, fine-v.f. * Catalog #351,352var | Price Realized $190.00 |
