Auction # 2346 URUGUAY: Special December auction

"Joyas Filatélicas de la República Argentina 1862-1867", 337 pages, fantastic book recently published, author Pablo Reim, editor Guillermo Jalil. Excellent work with illustrations in full color of the great pieces and letters of the "Escuditos" and "Rivadavias" issues. It also includes other very interesting chapters: Pre-stamp mail postal marks, cancels applied on classic issues, and a short but attractive introduction to Argentine...

Sc.30, 1866 5c. blue, franking a folded cover sent to Buenos Aires "by Edward Ewareth", excellent quality!

Sc.30, 1866 5c. dark blue with variety "thin vertical line in front of CENTESIMOS", franking a folded cover sent from Montevideo to Buenos Aires on 25/SE/1868, VF quality!

Sc.30a, 1868 5c. impression of Montevideo, in the scarce light blue color, franking a folded cover sent to Buenos Aires on 26/JUL/1871, very fine quality!

Sc.31, 1866 10c. green, very clear impression of London, mint original gum, VF!

RARE VARIETY: Sc.33, 1866 20c. rose, with a notable thin vertical line (from the E of MONTEVIDEO to the D of DEL), excellent quality, very interesting!

Sc.33 + 33a, 1866 20c. rose and lilac-rose, mint original gum, the latter with an unusual impression on back (they probably used paper that was previously printed?), very interesting, several signatures

Sc.35, 1866/7 5c. light blue, franking a folded cover sent from Motevideo to Buenos Aires on 28/JA/1873, excellent quality!

Sc.35, 1866/7 5c. dark blue, franking a folded cover sent from Salto to Buenos Aires on 11/NO/1872, excellent quality!

Sc.37, 1866 15c. yellow, pair + Sc.40 (5c. of 1877) on fragment with numeral "2" cancels in oval of thick bars, very fine quality!

Sc.37b, 1866/7 15c. yellow, pair printed on thin paper with very nice cancel of PAYSANDÚ, excellent!

Sc.40, 1877/9 5c. green, franking a folded cover sent from Motevideo to Buenos Aires on 14/NO/1879, VF quality!