Auction 191-195

5 c. pale red used on January 1872 entire letter from Callao to Lima, margin touched at top but large on the other three sides, cancelled by 'rejilla' network handstamp of Lima on arrival, struck in red (fig. 78, unlisted in this colour in Lamy & Rinck). Rare and splendid usage. Opinion Holcombe (1999).rnrnProvenance: Collection G. Lamy.rn                        Corinphila, sale 116 (Oct 1999), lot 2537.193: Classic Peru, The Julio Lugon Badaracco collection (part 2)