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PeruOutgoing Mail1767 circa. Folded cover, including part of the contents, addressed to Santiago
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PeruOutgoing Mail1767 circa. Folded cover, including part of the contents, addressed to Santiago de Chile, bearing very fine "Perù" straight-line handstamp, rated on reverse "franca de ½" in manuscript, denoting the prepayment of postage on dispatch. The text inside states that "this mail is about to depart heading for Buenos Aires...", and mentions the "Ventura" and "Aguila" vessels, expecting that in the next future these will call at Valparaiso; in fact, both vessels, carrying mails, sailed from Callao to Valparaiso in 1767 and continued their journey to Cádiz via Cape Horn, with the "Ventura" departing from Callao on February 2 and the "Aguila" on March 8. According to the period of usage of this handstamp and the clues given by the contents, it is deduced the date of this cover to be early 1767. The earliest cover recorded, exhibiting a postmark, carried in the Pacific Ocean only, as well as the earliest circulated in Chile; additionally one of only three items recorded bearing the first postmark introduced in South America (both included in this sale, see previous lot). Ex Camino.
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PeruOutgoing Mail1767 circa. Folded cover, including part of the contents, addressed to Santiago de Chile, bearing very fine "Perù" straight-line handstamp, rated on reverse "franca de ½" in manuscript, denoting the prepayment of postage on dispatch. The text inside states that "this mail is about to depart heading for Buenos Aires...", and mentions the "Ventura" and "Aguila" vessels, expecting that in the next future these will call at Valparaiso; in fact, both vessels, carrying mails, sailed from Callao to Valparaiso in 1767 and continued their journey to Cádiz via Cape Horn, with the "Ventura" departing from Callao on February 2 and the "Aguila" on March 8. According to the period of usage of this handstamp and the clues given by the contents, it is deduced the date of this cover to be early 1767. The earliest cover recorded, exhibiting a postmark, carried in the Pacific Ocean only, as well as the earliest circulated in Chile; additionally one of only three items recorded bearing the first postmark introduced in South America (both included in this sale, see previous lot). Ex Camino.
Maritime Mail of Spanish Colonies in America
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