Lot
1204 
Ecuador, 1865, ½r blue, two singles, soluble ink impressions of the third period, in combination with 1865, 1r yellow buff, three singles, all petit cut on fresh 1871 folded letter from Guayaquil to Lima, Peru, carried at the double external rate not exceeding ½ oz. for an American destination, tied by neat "Franca" in dotted lozenge handstamps of Guayaquil, Extremely Fine, ex-Olgieser. Scott No. 2 Estimate $10,000 - 15,000.
A UNIQUE 1865 ½R BLUE & 1R YELLOW COMBINATION FRANKING TO PERU - ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED COVERS IN ECUADORIAN PHILATELY.
Letters, being other than Judicial correspondence, with exceptional frankings are most infrequent.