Auction # 2344 ARGENTINA: "Budget" auction with very good material, including rarities, with very low starts!

"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...

Cover with cancel of "SAN MARTÍN" Antarctic station (12/FE/1988), VF quality

Cover with postmark of ESPERANZA Antarctic base of 7/FE/1997, VF

GJ.17, 1P. blue, worn impression, unused, without gum, VF

GJ.20, 2P. greenish blue, clear impression, unused, without gum, VF

GJ.5, 2c. bluish green, type 3, pen cancelled, on small fragment, VF

GJ.17, 3c. magenta, type 3, cancelled, hinged, rare!

GJ.2, 10c. green, small figures, with wreathed SALTA cancel with FRANCA (+60%), small thin on back, nice front, signed by Solari

GJ.7, 5c. rose, with accent, unused, without gum, VF

GJ.10, 5c. dull rose, with ellipse cancel of San Juan with FRANCA (+50%), very nice example with 4 ample margins

GJ.10, 5c. redish rose, without accent, with single ellipse cancel of SAN JUAN with FRANCA (+50%), VF quality

GJ.12, 5c. carmine rose, without accent, semi-worn plate, tiny and almost invisible thin on back, with original gum (+50%), superb appearance!