Auction # 2222 WORLDWIDE + ARGENTINA: Special June auction!

Maximum card of 1937: Chapel of Our Lady of Meritxell, VF quality

Maximum card of 21/NO/1944: Andorra la Vella, Maison des Vallées, VF quality

Sc.5, 1870/7 40r. blue, perf 12½, mint without gum, rare, fine quality, catalog value US$275

Sc.63b, 1902 115r. on 10r. green, perf 13½, mint with tiny and barely visible hinge mark (it appears to be MNH), excellent quality!

Old collection on pages, it includes some used and mostly mint stamps (almost all with original gum), with many scarce stamps, the general quality is fine to VF. I estimate a Scott catalog value of approx. US$4,500, good opportunity! IMPORTANT: you may want to view ALL the images of this lot in detail (ALL the stamps have been photographed!)

OVERPRINT VARIETIES: 11 old stamps with inverted, double or incomplete overprints, the general quality is fine to VF, interesting!

5/FE/1945 ISLAS ORCADAS DEL SUR - Lomas de Zamora, cover with nice 4-color postage, with arrival backstamp

Rare postmark of BAHÍA LUNA Antarctic station of 19/FE/1954 on cover that also bears 2 other cancels of ORCADAS Islands for 16/FE, tiny defect, rare!

About 70 covers with cancels of Antarctic stations, special flight or ship marks, in general of 1960s up to mid 1970s, all of excellent quality. Some are signed by authorities, very interesting group for the specialist, VERY LOW START (market value circa US$10 or more each!), IMPORTANT: please view ALL the photos of the lot, because all the covers have been scanned.

8/NO/1967 First overflight of a Boeing 707-387 B of Aerolíneas Argentinas in Antarctica, cover with special handstamp and signed by the Commander of the flight, rare, ONLY 20 are known!

9 Covers with cancels of varied Argentine Antarctic bases, interesting!

Luggage label of the first tourist cruise trip to Argentine Antarctica in 1959 by ship Yapeyú, very fine quality, extremely rare!