Auction # 2529 WORLDWIDE + ARGENTINA: Special August auction

CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES: 21 Covers of various countries and periods, most of 1940s/1950s sent to to Argentina, there are interesting postages and cancels, some censored, etc. A few have small defects, most of fine quality, low start! IMPORTANT: Please view ALL the photos of the lot, because all the material has been scanned (both sides)

SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES: 34 Covers of various countries and periods, most of 1940s/1950s sent to to Argentina, there are interesting postages and cancels, some censored, etc., in general of fine to very fine quality, low start! IMPORTANT: Please view ALL the photos of the lot, because all the material has been scanned (both sides)

Interesting lot of stamps, used or mint (probably without gum), in general of fine quality (unchecked, some can have small defects), low start! IMPORTANT: Please view ALL the photos of the lot, because all the stamps have been scanned

Postcard (view of Figueira da Foz, Portugal) franked with 30c. + 70c. and sent to Argentina on 15/MAR/1939, unusual destination, VF quality!

29/NOV/1980: Second antarctic transpolar flight Buenos Aires-Auckland (New Zealand), arrival backstamp, VF quality, rare!

ORCADAS DEL SUR: 17 Covers sent from Orcadas to the continent between 1942 and 1990, very fine general quality, low start!

3 Airmail covers carried in Antarctic flights in 1969, 1970 and 1971, very interesting!

Over 80 covers or cards with handstamps and postmarks of the different Argentine Antarctic bases and different dates, all of very fine quality, some are very scarce. Great opportunity, considering that they have a market value of between US$10 and 15 each!

First launching of mail on Orcadas del Sur station with KC-130 airplanes of the Argentina Air Force, with signature of the chief of the base and postmark of 3/MAY/1981, very fine quality!

Rare book printed in 1959 about the journey of ship Yapeyú for the first F.A.N.U. cruiser trip to Argentine Antarctica, with historical accounts of the Argentine expeditions, many photograhs, and very interesting text. At the end there are several blank pages with the title "Cuaderno de bitácora", in which passenger Pascual A. de Vita poetically describes the journey day by day, also in page 104 are the signatures of the staff of the Teniente...

Wrapper for printed matter franked with 1P., sent from Buenos Aires to Orcadas, with arrival mark of 29/JA/1963 and signed by the chief scientist (addressee) + another signature, VF quality, very rare!

Lot of old stamps, used or mint, in general of fine to excellent quality!