Auction # 2236 ARGENTINA: Lots of an excellent collection with VERY LOW STARTS (it includes many rarities!)

GJ.20, 5c. 3rd printing, used in Rosario, with VARIETY: top left "5" with serif, excellent

EXTREMELY RARE VARIETY (POSITION 40): GJ.20 + 25n + 26, 5c. 3rd printing, plate B showing BEGINNING OF THE CRACK (with Solari certificate) + 4th printing from CRACKED plate B + 5th printing from plate D, it is extremely rare to find an example of 3rd printing showing the beginning of the crack, and with an ample margin as in this case, all of excellent quality, excellent lot!

GJ.20, 5c. 3rd printing, used in B.Aires, with left line watermark, excellent quality

GJ.20, 5c. 3rd printing, with blue traveling PO cancel to be identified, very nice example of pos.75

GJ.20, 5c. 3rd printing, on fragment with semi-circle cancel of Córdoba, VARIETY: blank spot at right of the head ("ink lump" detached), very nice

GJ.20, 5c. 3rd printing, with VARIETY: beauty spot on the cheek, VF

GJ.20, 5c. 3rd printing, on partially parchment-like paper (due to reaction of the gum), pos.16 (plate A), with VARIETY: dot between "U" and "P" of REPUBLICA, very attractive

GJ.20a, 5c. 3rd printing, coffee, with complete double impression, thin on back, VF front, rare!

GJ.20b+j, 5c. 3rd printing, striking MULATTO with partial double impression, used in B.Aires in MAY/1865, the paper is darkened by the gum except at top left, superb!

GJ.20c, 5c. 3rd printing, with INVERTED watermark, mute 6x6 lozenge cancel of Gualeguay, thin on back, rare, very low start!

GJ.20d, 5c. 3rd printing, dun, excellent stamp, DIRTY PLATE (vertically), used in B.Aires on 12/JUL/1865, superb

GJ.20, 5c. 3rd printing, dun, on thin paper (80 microns), it could imperforate vertically but the margins are not so wide as to guarantee it, superb