Bolivia Outgoing Mail 1800 circa. Folded cover from Cotagaita (then belonging to the Virreinato del Perú), with very fine strikes including "Cotagaita" & "Peru" straight-line handstamps in red, initially rated in manuscript at "4½" reales for the portion of the overland journey to Buenos Aires, with the maritime carriage to Corunna corresponding to the "8 RS". Endorsement at lower left denoting the contents of the letter with "Asuntos...
Maritime Mail of Spanish Colonies in America
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Spink Investphila Maritime Mail of Spanish Colonies in America
The “Nuevo Mundo” Collection, Stampless maritime mail of Spanish Colonies in America, also including stamps and franked mail of Latin America
Lot #16A - bolivia
Bolivia Outgoing Mail 1810 circa. Cover front from Puno (nowadays in Bolivia, then part of the Virreinato del Perú) to Madrid, very attractively struck on dispatch by "Puno" & "Peru" straight-line handstamps in red, with manuscript notation "Por Buenos Ayres" confirming the route via Corunna, and handwritten "8 r" rate for the single weight for maritime conveyance (1807 tariff). The only example recorded of the "Peru" of Puno used on...
Lot #16 - bolivia
Bolivia Outgoing Mail 1800 circa. Cover (flaps lacking at top and base) from Plata (then belonging to the Virreinato del Perú) via Buenos Aires to Madrid, struck on dispatch by red Italic "Plata." & "Perú." handstamps, taxed on arrival with "10Rs" marking within oval. A rare colonial mail from Bolivia, highly desirable as the only transatlantic mail known with the "Peru" postmark of Plata.
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