Auction # 2619 ARGENTINA: Selection of "Rivadavias"

GJ.20, 3rd printing, used in Buenos Aires on 30/JA/1865 (early date), with varieties "Paper fold" at bottom left and SHADING COLOR: Carminish dun-red on the left (ungummed) and sienna in the rest (produced by the dark gum), excellent quality, rare!

GJ.20, 3rd printing, franking a folded cover sent from Mendoza to Valparaiso on 20/DE/1865, VF quality!

GJ.20, 3rd printing, very clear impression, beautiful stamp franking an entire letter sent from Rosario to Buenos Aires on 29/JUN/1865, VF quality!

GJ.20g, 3rd printing, thin paper, position 30 on plate B, with mute cancel of Victoria, excellent!

GJ.20m, 3rd printing, with variety "lower right angle incomplete" (position 48 on plate A), with mute cancel of San Luis (+300%), excellent quality, ex-Alberto Solari

GJ.20o, 3rd printing, with variety "spot on the temple" (position 88 on plate A), superb quality!

GJ.21, 10c. green, clear impression, used (barely cancelled), very fine quality!

GJ.21, 10c. very dark green, very clear impression (rare!!), franking a folded cover sent from Buenos Aires to Rosario on 18/MAR/1866, excellent quality!

GJ.22, 15c. blue, very clear impression, barely cancelled, very fine quality!

GJ.23, 10c. worn impression, on fragment, with blue cancel of Santiago del Estero, VF!

GREAT RARITY: GJ.23, 10c. worn impression, with the rare double circle cancellation "ESTAFETA DE V. ARGENTINA", only 2 or 3 are known!

GJ.23g, 10c. MULATTO variety, notable example with white spots due to plate wear, excellent quality, rare! NOTE: The catalog value for this variety is wrong, and it will be corrected in the next edition.