1919, Semi-official cinderella with portrait of aviator Clodomiro Figueroa, prepared to be used in the first airmail service between Santiago and Valparaíso: One example mint with original gum, one imperforate with signature of the pilot on back, and a perforated PROOF in black, excellent lot!
Auction # 2607 WORLDWIDE + ARGENTINA: Special March Auction
By: Guillermo Jalil - Philatino
Guillermo Jalil - Philatino Auction # 2607 WORLDWIDE + ARGENTINA: Special March Auction
Selection of fine material from all periods, featuring a large number of rarities from Argentina and various countries, including classic stamps, errors and varieties, proofs and essays, postal history, and much more, all offered with very attractive starting prices for collectors as well as dealers and investors.
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Lot #151 - Chile airmail
Yvert 1/5, 1927 "Testart" issue, complete set of 5 used values, excellent quality!
Lot #152 - Chile airmail
Yvert 1/5, 1927 "Testart" issue, complete set of 5 values on a cover sent from Santiago to Talcahuano on 22/SE/1927 , flown by Cia. de Aeronavegación Comercial to Valparaiso on the "El Condor" airplane (pilot Aquiles García), with arrival backstamp of 23/SE, excellent quality!
Lot #153 - Chile airmail
Sc.C18a, 1928/30 30c. with DOUBLE OVERPRINT, ONE INVERTED + 50c. franking an envelope front sent from Santiago to Buenos Aires on 13/NO/1932, excellent quality, great airmail rarity, there are only 19 covers in existence with this variety!
Lot #154 - Chile postal history
Circa 1800: Front of folded cover sent to Valdivia, with 2-line mark "CONCEPCION DE CHILE", excellent quality!
Lot #155 - Chile postal history
22/AP/1869 Valparaiso to San Juan (Argentina), folded cover franked with 20c. (Sc.19), excellent quality!
Lot #156 - Chile postal history
14/JA/1871 Santiago to Copiapó, cover franked with 15c. (Sc.17 x3), excellent quality!
Lot #157 - Chile postal history
31/OC/1872 Valparaiso to San Juan (Argentina), folded cover franked with 10c. (Sc.17 x2), excellent quality!
Lot #158 - Chile postal history
31/MAY/1877 Valparaiso to San Juan (Argentina), folded cover franked with 10c. (Sc.18), excellent quality!
Lot #159 - Chile postal history
RARE RATE: Cover sent from Copiapó to Lomas Bayas on 9/FE/1879 franked with 2c. (Sc.21 ALONE), very scarce!
Lot #160 - Chile postal history
23/OC/1886 Andes to San Juan (Argentina), registered cover franked with 20c. (Sc.31), transit backstamp of Mendoza and arrival of 29/OC, VF and interesting!
Lot #161 - Chile postal history
6/MAY/1927 Santiago to Chuquicamata, cover dispatched from Santiago to Valparaiso on the regular airmail service of Cia. de Aeronavegación Comercial; from there to its destination it was carried by narrow-gauge railway, franked with 20c. plus airmail surchage of 40c. (Yvert A.1) for a letter of up to 20 grams. On back it bears a partial arrival mark (back flap missing), excellent quality, rare!
Lot #162 - Chile postal history
18/JUL/1929 Santiago to Mendoza, cover flown on the first flight of Cia. General Aeropostal, pilot Jean Mermoz, with arrival backstamp, excellent quality. Covers from this stage are rare, most of the mail from this flight was carried to Buenos Aires!
Lot #163 - Chile postal history
30/JUL/1930 Valparaiso to Magallanes, cover sent to Santiago and from there carried on the experimental flight Santiago-Magallanes of the Military Aviation of Chile, arriving on 15/OC and returned to sender, VF quality, interesting!
Lot #164 - Chile postal history
Official and diplomatic mail: 11 Covers used between 1932 and 1940, all with postal franchise, several different marks, very interesting, in general of very fine quality! ATTENTION: Please view ALL the photos of the lot, because all the content has been scanned (both sides)
Lot #165 - Chile postal history
Cover sent from Valparaiso to Germany on 4/AP/1932, via Santiago and Recife to be carried on the second ZEPPELIN flight to South America, on back it bears a transit mark of Santiago 5/AP and Friedichshafen arrival of 18?/AP, excellent quality!
Lot #166 - Chile postal history
PLANE CRASH: Airmail cover sent from Valparaiso to Uruguay on 15/JUL/1932, it was flown on the PANAGRA "San José" 3-engine airplane that crashed near the Incan Bridge (Mendoza), it was only found on 23/MAR/1934!! In this accident 3 members of the crew and 6 passengers lost their lives, very interesting!
Lot #167 - Chile postal history
30/AU/1932 Santiago to Germany, via Zeppelin, postcard franked with 7.40P., with special handstamps of the 5th flight to South America, with arrival mark of Friedrichshafen and Berlin (7/SE), excellent quality!
Lot #168 - Chile postal history
14/AP/1935 IQUIQUE to Lima (Peru), registered airmail cover with large postage of $67.20 combining different issues, carried by LAN to Arica, and from there to Tacna to be flown by Cia Faucett, on back there is a transit mark of Arica 14/AP and Lima arrival 15/AP, excellent quality, fantastic!
Lot #169 - Chile postal history
11/DE/1935 Santiago to Germany, cover sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with good postage of $1.80 with official stamps, VF and interesting!
Lot #170 - Chile postal history
14/MAY/1937 Santiago to Buenos Aires, Air France flight commemorating the 7th anniversary of the first commercial crossing by Mermoz of the South Atlantic, with special violet handstamp (very scarce!), on back arrival marks of 16/MAY, VF!
Lot #171 - Chile postal history
14/MAY/1937 Valparaiso to Paris via Santiago and Buenos Aires, Air France flight commemorating the 7th anniversary of the first commercial crossing by Mermoz of the South Atlantic, with special violet handstamp (very scarce!), on back arrival mark of Paris 25/MAY, very attractive!!

























