Recess by Narciso Desmadryl from Perkins Bacon Plates 1854 (Jan-Feb): 5 c. deep reddish brown, wmk. pos. 1, an unused example with clear margin at right and large margins on the other three sides, of good colour and superb, large part og. A very rare stamp unused. Cert. RPSL (1978) Gi 4 = £ 850/Scott = $ 600.rnProvenance: Joseph Hackmey collection illustrated in Edition d'Or Vol. XXVI, page 27 (2011), then classified by the collector as...

Recess by Narciso Desmadryl from Perkins Bacon Plates 1854 (Jan-Feb): 5 c. deep reddish brown, wmk. pos. 1, a used block of six (3 x 2), marginal from left of sheet with small part marginal inscription, close but clear at lower right with large margins all round, minor horizontal ironed bend not affecting the appearance (and not mentioned on certificate), lightly cancelled by target handstamps in black. An exceedingly scarce multiple, even...

Recess by Henri Gillet from Perkins Bacon Plates 1854 (April): 5 c. Burnt Siena, wmk. pos. 1, an unused example with clear to large margins all round and with portion of adjoining stamp at top, minor cut in margin only at top and not affecting the appearance; fresh and fine, without gum. A very rare stamp. Cert. BPA (1996) Gi. 10 = £ 1'700/Scott = $ 1'800.rnProvenance: Collection Joaquin Galvez, Corinphila sale 62, May 1979, lot 3209;...

Lithographed by Henri Gillet 1854 (April-August): 5 c. red-brown, wmk. pos. 2, an unused example with large margins at top and at base, close but clear at left and at right, of good delicate colour and large part og. A very rare stamp unused, especially so with original gum. Cert. RPSL (1978) Gi. 8 = £ 1'400/Scott = $ 1'500.rnProvenance: Collection Joaquin Galvez, Corinphila sale 62, May 1979, lot 3275; Corinphila sale 90, Oct 1994, lot 6365...

1854 (July): Lithographed by Gillet, 5 c. pale brown, a used example with large margins all round, close at lower left, in a pale shade, cancelled by target handstamp in black. Scarce Gi 7 = £ 200/Scott = $ 300.

1855: 5c. red-brown on blued paper, large watermark, second London print, horizontal strip of eight from the upper sheet margin, displaying a significant misalignment between the 7th and 8th stamp. The strip has exceptional margins all round, just a minor scissor cut into the bottom left of the third stamp and the sheet watermark CORREOS at the top. It is affixed to a large fragment of a letter from the well known Jagerschmidt VALPARAISO...

1855 (May): 2nd Perkins Bacon printing 5 c. red-brown on blued paper, used examples (9) with fine example (wmk. pos. 1) with small part of Santiago straight line handstamp at top, an attractive horizontal strip of five (wmk. pos. 2) marginal from right of sheet, single example with marginal wmk. at left, pale example with part CORREOS wmk., a very fine group.

1858: Estancos 5 c. rose-red (2, in very differing shades) and 10 c. blue (2, in differing shades), all used on 1861 entire letter to Valparaiso endorsed "per Vapor" tied by target handstamps in black with manuscript filled "COQUIMBO" cds at left (28 Jan 1861). The entire originally franked for single internal ship rate (15 c.) and found to be double weight, further adhesives applied. One 5 c. crossed by file fold, stamps lifted and replaced...

1857/65: Estancos 5 c. red, a used horizontal strip of five, clear to large margins all round and showing portion of adjoining stamp at left, cancelled by neat target handstamps in black; and a 'set' of five from the final Post Office printing, all lightly cancelled in black showing all four watermark orientations.

Recess at the Santiago Post Office from Perkins Bacon plates - 'Estancos' 1856/61: 10 c. deep blue, wmk. pos. 1, the magnificent unused block of twenty-one (3 x 7), positions 10-12/82-84, a sharp and worn impression with the upper stamps showing a very sharp impression and the lower stamps with not quite such a fine impression, large margins all round and portion of adjoining stamps at base and at left, sheet marginal at right with closed...

1878/99: 5 c. ultramarine and 15 c. dark green in a horizontal pair, used on 10 c. grey postal stationery envelope sent registered / AR to Liverpool endorsed "via Magellanes" with appropriate labels all tied by Santiago cds's (Sept 3). Reverse with Liverpool arival (Dec 13). Ex the Brian Moorhouse estate.rnNote: The cover is addressed to Thomas Ridpath & Co., stamp dealers in Liverpool. It was Ridpath who was the first 'trade' owner of...