Auction # 2638 ARGENTINA: Special October auction

GJ.46/49, Telegraph of the Province of Buenos Aires: 1888/90 complete set of 4 values, mint with original gum (1c. without gum), fine to VF quality, rare!

GJ.24, $3.25 Mailbox franking alone a registered cover sent from Olavarría to B.Aires on 24/JUL/2000, excellent and very rare!

GJ.TAZ-5, official postal card of 4c. with "M.I." overprint, excellent quality, very rare!

Entire letter sent to Buenos Aires on 29/JA/1820 with the marking "MENDOSA" without frame and in rust red (GJ.MEN 2) perfectly applied. The text is interesting, about the political situation, also with comments about how they were out of contact (no postal service) for 3 months with Buenos Aires, etc. etc. Excellent quality, signed by Victor Kneitschel.

Folded cover sent to Buenos Aires on 16/FE/1863, with the blue mark "Ns. PENINSULARES - POTOSI 152 - TORRES BERGEIRE Y Ca." perfectly applied, it also bears a receiving datestamp of 20/FE, excellent, signed by Alberto Solari.

27/MAY/1910 Buenos Aires - Germany, 1c. wrapper (San Martín in medallion) + 8c. additional postage (1c. + 2c. + 5c. Centenary of Revolution), on back there is a numeral arrival mark, minor defects, very nice. Ex-Loeb (its selling price was: US$100)

Entire letter sent on 28/DE/1867 from Buenos Aires to Mercedes franked with 5c. (GJ.37), with the rare blue postmark "CORREOS de - PLAZA - DEL PARQUE" in small circle, very fine quality, with Alberto Solari certificate. The text is interesting, about the cholera epidemic!

Folded cover sent to Buenos Aires on 31/JA/1870 franked with 5c. (GJ.38) with attractive datestamp of CONCORDIA with Maltese cross, VF quality!

15/AP/1877 Buenos Aires - Bordeaux: Cover sent by British mail with single domestic rate of 8c. (GJ.47, with minor defects) cancelled "BUENOS AIRES OM 15/AP/1877" and international rate to by paid by addressee. In London it was marked for postage dues BY MISTAKE with "T1.10" corresponding to letters from the Caribbean, with Calais transit mark and on back Calais-Bordeaux cancel. The addressee had to pay higher postage dues than what was due,...

RARE CANCEL: 4c. Postal card sent from MARTÍN GARCÍA to Buenos Aires on 27/NO/1884, arrival mark 29/NO, very fine quality, rare mark of origin. Ex-Loeb (selling price was US$80)

12c. Stationery envelope sent from Buenos Aires to Montevideo on 6/JA/1890; the addressee could not be located, so the item was published in the "listas" on 9 and 17/JA, eventually it was returned to sender on 16/MAY (see the Uruguayan markings on back), VF!

RARE POSTMARK: Provisional 5c. stationery envelope sent to Buenos Aires on 28/OC/1891 with a single-circle datestamp of "ROCHA" (province of Buenos Aires, a small place near Olavarria), very fine quality, very rare!