U.S. & Worldwide Stamps
March 13-14, 2013
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #386 ECUADOR 1799 Colonial period wrapper to Quito with straight line "Cuenca" cancel (Maier type II) and two matching straight line Franca markings alongside, with official contents to the King, "Al Rey" in manuscript at top. Of the five recorded, this is possibly earliest known usage, not listed in Harris, with 2003 Brian Moorhouse certificate  | Unsold |
 | Lot #387 ECUADOR 1811 (ca) undated wrapper to Quito with ms “4 ½ oz” weight endorsement and straight line “OTAVo” cancel in red, also ms “13 1/2r“ rating (weight 4 1/2 onzas, distance 23 leagues, parcel rate was 3 reales per onza), fine and scarce postmark (used from 1795 to 1833), only about ten exist, with 2003 Brian Moorhouse certificate | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #388 ECUADOR 1826 (ca) undated wrapper from Riobamba to Ambato, with ms “10 3/4oz” weight endorsement and framed "Rioba/Ba” cancel in red, rated 3 reales (weight 10 3/4 onzas, distance 13 leagues), probably sent with the mail service from Lima to Quito on the route "Carrera de los Valles y Quito", (postmark used from 1825-1828), only 5-10 exist | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #389 ECUADOR 1831 (ca) complete wrapper to Riobamba with ms “12oz” weight endorsement and oval "Republica de Colombia Alausi Franca" cancel in red, rated 36 reales (based on the packets rate of 3 reales per onza for distance up to 20 leagues, this under the new Ecuadorian tariff), (postmark used from 1831-36), fine strike from this small town south of Riobamba, no more than 10 recorded (the oval "Republica de Colombia" mark is noted to have been used in 13 different Ecuadorian towns, with 28 different types registered. These postmarks originated during the "Gran Colombian Period" 1819-1831 but continued for some time thereafter) | Unsold |
 | Lot #390 ECUADOR 1831 (ca) complete large wrapper to Quito, with ms “12oz” weight endorsement and oval "Republica de Colombia Cuenca Franca" cancel in red, rated 96 reales (rate of 8 reales per onza, distance of 79 leagues); also a wrapper front to Quito, with "Republica de Colombia Latacunga Franca", used ca 1834, rated 14 reales (weight 4 3/4 onzas, distance 16 leagues) | Unsold |
 | Lot #391 ECUADOR 1852 registered FL to Guayaquil, with red oval "CUENCA FRANCA" (Harris 6) and double oval "Certification a Cuenca Salio en" (not recorded in Harris), with date inserted "3 de Abril de 1852," manuscript “Criminales” (for official mail and carried free of charge), unusually fine and rare pre-philatelic registered mail, with 2003 Brian Moorhouse certificate | Unsold |
 | Lot #392 ECUADOR 1865 FL to Lima, Peru, franked with G.B. 6d lilac (pl.5, perfs trimmed at right), with Guayaquil Sep 29 departure cds and Lima (3 Oct) arrival on back. The letter was sent with the British mail service at the 6d to Peru, actually avoiding the more expensive mail (used 6d equaled 1 real, instead of the Ecuador rate of 2 reales to Peru). Eventually, the British Consulate stopped accepting such letters by October1866, due to government protest O Catalog #SG Z15 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #393 ECUADOR 1874 Great Britain 1sh green (pl.4) horizontal pair; also single 5sh rose (variety plate flaw at upper right corner, pl.2), all cancelled with barred oval "C41" of Guayaquil, the former with trimmed perfs, otherwise fine, with 2012 Brian Moorhouse certificates O Catalog #SG Z26,31 | Unsold |
 | Lot #394 ECUADOR 1880 Revenue paper/Papel Selado of second issue , “Dos Reales” dated Quito, Mayo 12 de 1880, with marginal ms on back indicating that half of the affixed postage was for sending and rest for returning, franked with 1872 three perforated 1r orange, tied by Quito cds. The "expeddiente" was supplied by one of the parties to the litigation which this document is about. A rarity, with 2003 Brian Moorhouse certificate ("usage of the first perforated issues on a papel sellado document is extremely rare") O | Unsold |
 | Lot #395 ECUADOR 1897 Coat of Arms, 1c-5s die proofs on black, complete set of eight, also a master die (value tablet blank), each with control numbered, fine-v.f., rare P Catalog #SG 173-180P | Unsold |
 | Lot #396 ECUADOR 1907-42 Presidents etc., selection of six diff. large die proofs in black, central vignettes only, some mounting stains on back, mostly fine-v.f., each with a die number at bottom P Catalog #169/409P | Price Realized $450.00 |
