Lot
5233 
Ecuador, 1865, 1r Green, Vertical Pair, margins large to just shaving frameline on top stamp, tied by "Guayaquil, 27 Ene, 66" cds on folded letter to Lima, Peru; top stamp with small punch hole, otherwise Very Fine, a scarce external mail usage prior to the autumn of 1866 not dispatched through the British P.O. Scott No. 5 Estimate $500 - 750.