Lot 5213 o
Ecuador, 1865, 1r Green, three singles, each with dotted lozenge cancel of different thickness, one in the yellowish green shade from the first printing (small internal tear), all with full margins, Very Fine overall.Scott No. 5 Estimate $100 - 150.
Lot 5214 o
Ecuador, 1865, 1r Green, position 66 showing diagonal colorless line flaw through design at bottom right, partial blue straight line "(Gua)no" pre-adhesive cancel, margins large to touching at top left, F.-V.F., the only recorded example of this cancel in this color.Scott No. 5 Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $150
Lot 5215 o
Ecuador, 1865, 1r Green, bottom right corner margins single (position 90), socked-on-the-nose strike of Esmeraldas first type circular town cancel, margins clear to large, Very Fine and choice, about five stamp known bearing this handstamp.Scott No. 5 Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $80
Lot 5216 o
Ecuador, 1865, 1r Green, top margin single, bold strike of "Pelileo, M.C." circular cancel, clear to ample margins, small portion of embossed seal at left edge, Very Fine, very few examples known.Scott No. 5 Estimate $100 - 150.
Lot 5217 o
Ecuador, 1865, 1r Green, Two Singles, full central strike Pelileo fancy "star" in circle cancel, wide margins, each with small thin, a Very Fine strike, believed to have been introduced in the third period of printing.Scott No. 5 Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $80
Lot 5218 o
Ecuador, 1865, 1r Green, three singles, one cut-to-shape, each showing red cancels including the "Franca" in dotted lozenge and Guayaquil circular date stamp, Fine.Scott No. 5 Estimate $75 - 100.
Realized: $60
Lot 5219 o
Ecuador, 1865, 1r Green, socked-on-the-nose strike of 1868 Portoviejo first type circular town cancel, clear to ample margins, Very Fine, a choice strike, with fewer than 10 stamps bearing this cancel known.Scott No. 5 Estimate $75 - 100.
Realized: $60
Lot 5220 o
Ecuador, 1865, 1r Green, neat Tulcán second type circular town cancel, full margins, Very Fine.Scott No. 5 Estimate $75 - 100.
Realized: $50
Lot
5221 
Ecuador, 1865, 1r Deep Green, Two Vertical Pairs, from the second printing, right pair positions 81/90 with the latter showing colorless spot in bottom right spandrel and broken frameline at lower right, clear to large margins, neatly tied by "Guayaquil, 27 Abr, 66" cds's on folded letter to to Lima, Peru, reverse with clear "Peru, 2 May, 66" receiving cds, Very Fine, external mail bearing the 1r green is much scarcer than the latter 1r yellow issue, ex-Longhi; with 2011 Moorhouse certificate. Scott No. 5 Estimate $5,000 - 7,500.
THE ONLY RECORDED 1 REAL GREEN DOUBLE RATE COVER ADDRESSED TO A FOREIGN DESTINATION.
The great majority of maritime mail to Peru before the autumn of 1866 was carried through the British P.O. at Guayaquil without involvement of the Ecuadorian mail. This is one of the few covers known in this period not entering the British P.O.
Realized: $4,500
Lot
5222
Ecuador, 1865, 1r Green, Block of Eight and Vertical Pair, block positions 22-25/31-34 and pair 26/35, margins large to just touching, all tied by "Cuenca, 13 Dec, 65" cds's and matching dotted lozenge handstamps on Judicial wrapper to Loja, pencil "1L 4oz" weight notation at upper right; cover flaws including tear at left and reinforced file fold, some tone spots affecting stamps, F.-V.F., ex-Bustamante and Goeggel; with 2014 Moorhouse certificate. Scott No. 5 Estimate $4,000 - 6,000.
THE ONLY KNOWN ON COVER USAGE OF A BLOCK OF EIGHT OF THE 1 REAL GREEN AND THE THIRD LARGEST MULTIPLE ON COVER.