Auction # 2519 WORLDWIDE + ARGENTINA: Special May 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...

Book of specimens of Waterlow & Sons Ltd. of London, containing 156 specimens of postage stamps and some revenue stamps of: Uruguay, Colombia, Spain, North Borneo, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama, Mozambique Company, Guatemala, New Zealand, several British colonies, Thailand, Belgium, Venezuela, Portugal, El Salvador, Chile, and several more. Very fine general quality, extremely rare!

PARIS OLYMPIC GAMES: Postcard with view of the Argentine boxing team, sent to Bahia Blanca on 28/JUN/1924 franked with 45c. and cancelled "COLOMBES - VILLAGE OLYMPIQUE". It was sent by Hector Méndez, boxer, and we also include in this lot 3 other postcards, 2 with his portrait and a 3rd one (with defects) with view of the Argentine team, very rare lot!

Postcard with view of "Railway station, Tanga" franked with 2½h. x2 + 4h. and sent from AMANI to Montevideo (URUGUAY) on 27/AU/1906, minor defects, good appearance, very rare destination!!

Sc.B33a/B33c, 1930 IPOSTA, the 4 values from the s.sheet franking a registered cover used in Berlin on 14/SE/1930, excellent quality. Catalog value US$420 as used!

Sc.C41a, 1931 2Mk. Zeppelin overprinted "POLAR FAHRT 1931", with variety "HYPHEN OMITTED at right of POLAR", VF quality!

LARGE POSTAGE: Cover of large size (32.5 x 23.6 cm) sent by airmail from Berlin to Argentina on 12/FEB/1937, with very large franking of 83.20Mk. very colorful and attractive, with some defects natural in envelopes of this size, on back there is an arrival mark of Buenos Aires (sorting number), spectacular!

PRISONER OF WAR IN ARGENTINA (former sailor of the Graf Spee): Airmail cover sent from Leipzig to a former sailor of the German cruiser Graf Spee, EWALD NIEWIAK, on 6/JA/1943 (in the German consulate in Mendoza), with double Nazi + Allied censor label, rare, VF!

23/AU/1959 Saabrücken - Argentina, registered cover with mixed postage (stamps + meter postage), total 70.95Fr., unusual destination!

Airmail cover sent from Hamburg to Argentina franked with 2DM. (Michel 195 ALONE), very fine quality!

GJ.5, bluish green, fantastic MNH block of 4 (with tiny hinge mark in the sheet margin, all the stamps are MNH), consisting of types 3-4-7-8, fresh, perfect, absolutely superb. With Alberto Solari certificate.

GJ.2, 10c. green, franking an entire letter sent from Salta to Rosario on 6/JA/1859. It was signed by Gral. Rudecindo Alvarado (who fought in the army of independence), excellent quality, rare!