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