Auction # 2636 ARGENTINA: Special September auction - part II

"Joyas Filatélicas de la República Argentina 1862-1867", 337 pages, fantastic book recently published, author Pablo Reim, editor Guillermo Jalil. Excellent work with illustrations in full color of the great pieces and letters of the "Escuditos" and "Rivadavias" issues. It also includes other very interesting chapters: Pre-stamp mail postal marks, cancels applied on classic issues, and a short but attractive introduction to Argentine...

GJ.1/4, 1857 Gauchito, complete set of 4 MNH values (+200%), excellent quality, rare! with Alberto Solari certificate

GJ.12, 1859 To rs. blue, type 26, very nice mint example of good margins, with the typical "quadrillé" impression of this issue, tiny thin on back in one corner else superb, excellent front!

GJ.17, 1P. dark blue, almost clear impression, very attractive horizontal pair, the right stamp with VARIETY: "frame broken at left", WITH TOP SHEET MARGIN (very rare!), on fragment with complete blue grid cancel of B.Aires, excellent!

GJ.20, 2P. blue VERY CLEAR IMPRESSION, excellent stamp on fragment used in B.Aires on 1/JA/1863, superb!

GJ.12, brick rose, type 8, with pen cancel of Mburucuyá, superb example!

GJ.1, 5c. red, with cancel of the river mail messenger "AGENCIA DE NOGOYA", extremely rare, signed by Alberto Solari

GJ.2, 10c. light green, franking an entire letter sent from Córdoba to Tucumán on 30/MAR/1860, signed by Victor Kneitschel, very fine quality!

GJ.4, 5c. large figures, light red, used in Rosario, extraordinary quality, superb, signed by Alberto Solari on back!

RARE POSTMARK: GJ.7d, 5c. with accent and semi-worn plate, splendid blue cancel "A. ZUBELZU - ROSARIO" in double ellipse, normally considered a mark of the sender, but this company could have operated as a stagecoach mail working with the National Post (similarly to GJ.MSJ 25, Aldao Acebal y Cía, of Rosario), very fine quality, rare!

RARE POSTMARK: GJ.10, 5c. without accent, fantastic cancel of stagecoach mail "AGENCIA DE NOGOYÁ" (GJ catalog, volume II, page 674), extremely rare (only a letter and 2 singles are known with this mark!!), with tiny and hardly visible thin on back, insignificant, superb front!

GJ.10 + 10c, 5c. without accent, with VARIETY "L incomplete" (position 3) in pair with a normal example, franking a fragment with pen cancel, possibly of Corrientes, excellent quality, rare!