Auction # 2617 ARGENTINA: Special May auction

GJ.8, dull rose, double BARRED ellipse of Corrientes, excellent!

GJ.12, brick red, pair formed by types 1 and 2, with double circle datestamp of Corrientes for 13/DE/1876, VF!

GJ.15, dark lilac, type 7, pen cancelled, VF quality!

GJ.1, 5c. blue, MNH with all its original gum intact (+200%), absolutely fresh and perfect, very scarce!

GJ.1, with double ellipse FRANCA cancel of San Luis (+200%), VF, signed by Alberto Solari

GJ.1, 5c. red, 2 used stamps with double ellipse cancel of ROSARIO, one with "FRANCA" in the center and the other one without "FRANCA" (+200%), both signed by Victor Kneitschel, minor defect on back, excellent front!

GJ.1, pair on folded cover with semi-circle CORDOBA-FRANCA cancel, very fresh piece of great quality, signed by Victor Kneitschel

GJ.1, 5c. red on folded cover to Salta with FRANCA cancel along datestamp of PARANÁ 20/NO/1860, VF!

GJ.1d, 5c. red with variety "two periods after CENTAV", on an entire letter dated 2/JUN/1858 and sent to Talca (Chile), with FRANCA and MENDOZA circular cancels (both +200%). With a very long personal text, the sender writes to her brother about the hardships a long sickness and the poor economic situation. One of the paragraphs says: "...may God take the indians far away from this (city)... don't be surprised if I don't write BECAUSE NOW...

GJ.2, 10c. green on a folded cover with FRANCA cancel of San Luis in black (+250%), rare!

GJ.3TR, 15c. blue, trisect stamp used as 5c. due to a shortage of stamps, on a fragment with "FRANCA" cancel of Gualeguaychú, excellent quality, extremely rare, with certificate of Rodolfo Kneitschel.