Auction 265th - 273rd - Day 3

Arica 1853 (Nov 6): Entire letter from Tacna via Arica to Cobija, Bolivia endorsed 'pr. Vapor', struck on despatch with VAPOR and ova FRANCA / TACNA handstamps of the Peruvian Post Office in blue, prepaid with superb double arc ARICA datestamp (Nov 7) and equally fine "♚ / PAID / AT / ARICA" handstamp in black. Two tiny wormholes mentioned for full accuracy but in this describer's opinion the finest strike of this rare marking recorded. A lovely entire Gi = £ 5'000.rnProvenance: Christies, London, 1990.