Auction 265th - 273rd - Day 3

1868 (May 6): Cover mailed from Tacna via Arica to Paris, France endorsed 'par Vapeur via Panamá', mailed at Peruvian Post Office with straight line FRANCA and Tacna despatch cds in black; Great Britain 1867 2 s. blue well tied by bold strike of the "C36" obliterator with corresponding double arc ARICA datestamp adjacent (May 7) in black. Thence via London (June 12) with cds in red on reverse and struck there (incorrectly) with framed "GB / 2F. 87½" accountancy marking and charged '12' décimes due (correctly) upon delivery. A cover full of character and a superb and extremely rare franking. Cert. BPA (1994).rnProvenance: RL, Zurich, 5 Dec 1991, lot 782; Collection Dr. Paul Kornan, Harmers, New York, 27 Sept 1994, lot 203; Spink, London, 9-10 March 2005, lot 305.rn                  rn