Corinphila Auction 284-290 Day 3

Colonial 1828 (April 27): Postal printed document headed "(REAL) RENTA DE CORREOS" written to the Administrator General of Posts in Lima with regard to a shipment valued at 20 pesos, fully dated and signed by "Flores" at base, the shipment to be carried by "actual Correo Intermedio" Mr. Vicente Bobadilla; struck with "DEL / CUZCO" handstamp in red at top (Colareta fig. 5, "DEL" unlisted). The "REAL" burnt out of the form as Peru had become a Republic in 1821 and showed no allegiance to Spain (or, indeed, to neighbouring countries as by June 1828 Peru was at war with both Bolivia and Colombia). A rare document and believed to be the sole recorded thus.