Auction # 2417 ARGENTINA: Special May auction - second part

"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.17c, 1P. blue, worn impression, with variety "1 without period", on fragment tied by "FRANCO" in oval of Mensagería del Comercio (GJ.MSJ 88), excellent and very rare!

GJ.18, 2P. red, dull impression, splendid example of very large margins, it has a small thin on back of no importance, given the beauty of its front!

GJ.20, 2P. CLEAR impression, greenish light blue, mint, 4 complete margins (3 immense), excellent!

GJ.22, 2P. dark blue (interesting color), with varieties: "S of AIRES incomplete and large spot above the E", wide margins, very fresh, excellent and rare!

Entire letter sent from YAGUARETÉ CORÁ to Goya on 5/JUL/1864, franked by GJ.3 (3c. blue), with typical cancellation of origin, VF quality. Entire letters of Corrientes with verifiable date and origin are scarce! With Alberto Solari certificate

GJ.5, bluish green, type 8, pen cancelled, very fine 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.11, rose, beautiful pair with types 2-3, with Corrientes cancel with Maltese cross for 2/FE/1876, superb, rare!

GJ.14, light lilac (printed on thin and hard paper, this stamp "escaped" Kneitschel when he was cataloguing), very rare block of 4 consisting of types 1-2-6-5 and used in Corrientes on 10/OC/1877, with original stain of the gum at bottom right, VF and rare, catalog value US$1000.

GJ.1, 5c. light blue, mint without gum, with top sheet margin, good example!

GJ.1, 3 examples with cancels of CONCEPCIÓN DEL URUGUAY in black (rare!), greenish blue (+200%) and indigo blue (+600%), the first one with light thin and signed by Kneitschel, the rest of excellent quality and signed by Solari, very fine group!