Lot
5045 
Ecuador, 1865, ½r Blue, clear to huge margins, canceled by "Sta Rosa, Ab 20/ 68" manuscript on fresh 1868 folded letter from Santa Rosa to Loja, Extremely Fine, ex-Longhi and Olgieser. Scott No. 2 Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
THE ONLY RECORDED FIRST ISSUE USAGE ORIGINATING FROM SANTA ROSA.
Santa Rosa is a tiny town about 10 miles south of Machala in the southwest of Ecuador. It is believed that no postal handstamp were used at Santa Rosa and no examples were recorded by expert Jorge Ayora at the time of his work on usages of the first issue.
Realized: $3,250