Lot
1206 
Ecuador, 1865, ½r grayish ultramarine, blurred impression, large margins, tied by "Loja, 19 Juil" second type cds on 1871 folded letter to Lima, Peru, letter carried overland with ½r paying the rate to the Ecuador border, reverse with oval "Piura" Peruvian transit handstamp and front with manuscript "10¢" (centimos) for inland carriage to Lima, "Lima, 1 Ago, 1871" receiving backstamp, Very Fine, ex-Goeggel. Scott No. 2 Estimate $6,000 - 8,000.
AN EXCEPTIONAL AND UNIQUE OVERLAND USAGE TO PERU BEARING A SOLO ½ REALES ISSUE.
This reduced foreign rate was not stipulated by postal rules and it may be deduced that the ½r paid the internal transit in Ecuador to the border, with the 10 centimos on arrival paying the Peruvian portion of the journey. Arrival at Lima 13 days after departure and Piura backstamp confirms that the carriage was overland, whereas the maritime conveyance usually employed less than a week.