Lot
1325 
Ecuador, 1866, 4r red brown, remarkable single with ample to mostly large margins hardly ever encountered as such for this tight margin issue, tied by two strikes of dotted lozenge cancel on folded letter sheet to Havana, Cuba, clear matching "Quito, Franca, 11 Mayo, 67" cds at right, Extremely Fine, ex-Olgieser. Scott No. 6 Estimate $10,000 - 15,000.
THE UNIQUE FIRST ISSUE COVER TO CUBA BEARING A OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THE 1866 4R HIGH VALUE ISSUE.
No other covers with this value are known addressed to destinations other than Peru or Chile. Covers franked by other first issue values are only known to France, Italy, Peru, Chile and the United States.