Auction # 2643 ARGENTINA: Special November auction

"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.16a, 4R. bright green, splendid horizontal pair with complete double impression (rebound), franking an entire letter sent from Buenos Aires to Tucumán on 22/JUL/1862, excellent quality. Ex-Loeb (selling price was US$2,850)

GJ.17A, 1P. MILKY blue, wide margins (with a small repaired tear in the bottom border, else superb), with printing variety: "ink spot above PESO", and arrival mark of Montevideo, excellent appearance, rare!

GJ.2, 1860 provisional with goose quill stroke through the value, used, VF quality!

GJ.7, dark blue, very inky and worn impression, cmpl. sheet of 32 stamps, composition 2 and disposition III, mint WITH ORIGINAL GUM, almost all the stamps, tete-beche pairs and gutter pairs are MNH (+200%), excellent quality!

GJ.1, 5c. red, franking an entire letter dated 10/AP/1860, sent from Paraná to Buenos Aires, with "FRANCA" cancel in double ogive (+30%) along fancy "PARANA, Admon de Correos.." ellipse, very fine quality. With interesting text about, among other topics, the "labor fees of minister Alberdi"!

GJ.2a, 10c. composition A, strip with the 9 types, including the variety "Outline of the oval incomplete" (position 22 on the left half of composition A), MNH, superb, rare. Also including a single with the same variety (lightly hinged), rare group!

INVISIBLE ACCENT: GJ.8, 10c. green WITH ACCENT over the U, but it cannot be seen possibly because it got covered during printing, excellent quality, rare!

GJ.10, beautiful single with top sheet margin and variety "RETOUCH in the lined background above the C of REPUBLICA", excellent!

GJ.14, 5c. worn plate, on fragment used in Córdoba, superb

GJ.19, fantastic example of 1st printing of very fine quality, printed on thick paper, with variety "Frames lines extended in the bottom right corner", on a folded cover sent to San Juan with ellipse cancel of Mendoza with FRANCA, excellent!

GJ.20g, 3rd printing, printed on VERY THIN PAPER, it also bears a large VERTICAL FOLD, superb!