CHILE COVERS
STAMPLESS
Valparaiso 1864 outer to Bordeaux via British mails, London transit markin on the reverse, Calais transit on front and Bordeaux receiving on rev. $125 PHOTO
CLASSICS & 19th CENTURY
8 pair on cover, entire letter Valparaiso to Islay, Peru, nice margins, $100 PHOTO
9 on cover with contents from Santiago to Valparaiso, 1862. $25. PHOTO
9 on cover with contents from Valparaiso to Santiago, Aug 13, 1863 $50 PHOTO
9 four margin (close on L) outer from Santiago to Valparaiso, January 20, 1864 $55 SCAN
10 on outer from Valparaiso to Arequipa (Peru). Red Valparaiso circular strike and ISLAY straight line black transit marking. Interesting destination $75 PHOTO
Five of #12 (pair and horizontal strip of 3) plus a vertical pair of #9 on cover from Santiago to Lima July 9, 1865. Circular Lima receiving mark. Strip of 3 has separated from voer and is held on by hinges. Not in great shape, but covers with multiples such as these are scarce $75 PHOTO
12 and a pair of #13 (all 3 margin copies) on a cover from Santiago to Lima Sept 16, 1865. Circular Lima receiving mark. Cover is tatered particularly around crease, and the 20c pair has been reattached by hinges, but the 20c is rare on cover, much more so a pair. $200 PHOTO
12 on front Chillan to Concepcion, two very small towns at the time, scarce. Very nice $50 PHOTO
14 on front fto Santiago, with a very fresh 4 margin copy $25 PHOTO
14 outer from Caldera to Copiapo, two small towns, nicely tied, $50. PHOTO
14 July 24, 1860 entire letter from Santiago to Valparaiso, $50. PHOTO
14 outer, May 1, 1864 to Valparaiso $40 SCAN
14 on outer March 3, 1866 cover from Valparaiso to small town of Algarrobo $60 SCAN
14 on outer March 13 (year illegible) Santiago to Valparaiso $50 SCAN
18 May 7, 1873 entire from Valparaiso to Lima Peru $50 PHOTO
18 entire from Valparaiso to Lima, Lima January 1869 receving ccl on reverse, stamp on front tied by attractive fancy mute cancel, unfortuanately, a major tear in the envelope detracts from its value $20 SCAN
28 on a fragment Oct 4, 1897 from Valparaiso to Guayaquil. Violet T (due) Valparaiso marking and a pair of Ecuador 129 attached and tied by GUAYAQUIL REBUT as the addressee refused to pay the postage due charges. Unusual binational usages $125 SCAN
20th CENTURY
December 29, 1900 envelope, roughly opened at top from Antofogasta to Iquique, with 5c revenue paying postage, unusual usage, next day receiving mark in Iquique, $15 PHOTO
1909 Diplomatic mail from Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Chilean Consul in Madras, India, very scarce and unusual, diplomatic franking with 74 added, June 19 receiving marking, a real showpiece $150 PHOTO
1910 New Year's Greeting postcard showing two skaters from Germany to Los Sauces $20 PHOTO1 PHOTO2
1911 unusual cover to Finland, via the Andes Mountains, Russian censor markings and receiving marks, very unusual $75 PHOTO1 PHOTO2
1913 picture postcard of Iquique church to Denmark. A 1c fiscal stamp pays the postcard rate, neatly tied with a PISAGUA 13 Abril 1913 CDS. Nice item $25 PHOTO1 PHOTO2
60 Not tied on a highly decorative cover to Los Sauces, outer only, appearst to be an invitation envelope, additional advertising card included $20 PHOTO
104 7/2/12 cover from Santiago to Chemnitz (Germany) with 104 neatly tied by a nice slogan cancel imploring senders to indicate their full address $15 SCAN
125 and pair of revenues on a front to Switzerland, very attractive $10 PHOTO
1938 British Diplomatic mail from London (Overseas Trade Dept) to Valdivia, unusual $20 PHOTO
254m, n, r, s, w on a July 27, 1952 cover to Louisville, KY. Stamps are tied with a circular Ambulante ccl, and the revers has a July 28 Santiago transit ccl. Envelope says registered mail, but no evidence of this $15 SCAN
Postcard--1940s or 1950s era folded card packet showing 7 scenes from southern Chile, addressed but not mailed $15 PHOTO
199 (4), 201 (4), and 202 (2) an a very attractive cover from Santiago to Switzerland, nothing rare, just a pretty cover $10 PHOTO
202, 204, 205 (2) in overzied envelope sent registered from Santiago to NYC, dated July 1, 1947, passed through customs free (marking), but was assessed a 10c postage due for "Customs Service" (marking) paid with a US due stamp, $30 PHOTO
209 pair on cover to Zurich, Switzerland $10
218 on 4/3/46 commerical postcard from Santiago to Santa Fe, card offering a textile directory of vendors in Chile, CDS has an interesting slogan cancel "Eluding Military Duties is Rejecting the Nation" $10 SCAN
227 (2) lightly tied to an envelope from Santiago to Switzerland, The front features and upside down machine CDS with the slogan "Avoid fines, Pay your Taxes", attractive and unusual, $10 PHOTO
1953 cover Antonia to Santiago with strike of Ambulante 44 ccl on front and Santiago receiving ccl (30 nov 1953) on reverse, unusual $25 SCAN
324, 326, 344 on attractive unaddressed post card showing Easter Island head carvings, circular Feb 10, 1965 CDS, very attractive $20
344,C236 and special light green Easter Island label on 1964-1965 METEI (Medical Expedition to Easter Island) post card to Canada with two CDS, Dec. 20, 1964 and Feb 11, 1965. I expect the first was the date of arrival of the medical expedition. Very scarce $75.
RA6 1972 cover, with meter strip from Los Angeles to Puren (two very small towns). Meter strip ties pair of RA6 to cover, back has PUREN receiving mark, highly unusual usage of both RA6 and the meter strip, only $20. PHOTO
442 Special event cover for 15th Anniversary of Chile's presence in the Antarctic, cacheted and unaddressed, $10 PHOTO
489a Oct 8, 1976 CDS from Santiago to Missouri, with several other stamps and a zero meter, very attractive cover $15 SCAN
497 Complete Set of 3 FDCs for Presidential Visit to Chilean Antarctic. January 14, 1977, FDC date in Scott is wrong, listed in Chilean specialized catalog, very attractive, one sample PHOTO is shown, printed cachet is the same, handstamp cachet varies, set of three for only $25.
564 on special Antarctic 11/28/82 cover. Cover is unaddressed, with 4 different cancels, 3 from Chilean bases, one from a Russian base $15 SCAN
1999 12/23/99 Chirstmas card envelope from Temuco to Concepcion, franced with two 200 peso revenue stamps $10 SCAN
21st CENTURY
2024 Official Correos de Chile Postcards, set of 5 unused--Easter Island $25
2024 Official Correos de Chile Postcards, set of 11 unused--Paris Olympics $75
2025 Official Correos de Chile Postcard Valentine's Day, Packages in Love $5
AIRMAILS
C1, 121a, 162(2) on 5/6/27 cover from Santiago to Chuquicmata via Valparaiso, reverse shows 5/6 Valparaiso transit CDS with slogan cancel about maling letters early and including name and address. $95 SCAN
Rare Chile Zeppelin cover, 1932 CHILE TO GERMANY ZEPPELIN COVER, SUPERB FRANKING AND CANCELS, RARITY, one stamp with face scrape, but otherwise spectacular, a great buy for only $250 PHOTO1 PHOTO2
180, C10,C13 on a cover to Yugoslavia (1931) with additional stamps on the back. Very unusual destination $35 PHOTO
185, C38, c39 x2, C43 to Chicago, all tied by nice strikes of the Ambulancia 91 ccl, $35 SCAN
C183,C184,C191 (5) on attractive cover from Santiago to Ft. Gulick, Canal Zone $15 PHOTO
C211 Antarctic Tourist Expedition cachet, shipboard cachet with penguins, cancel from the Arturo Prat Station Antarctica $15 SCAN
C235,C248,CB2 x2 on attractive scouting theme cover from Santiago to Canada. From the National Council of Boy Scouts Associations of Chile, cachet in green with fleur de Lis, $15 SCAN
1936 airmail cover from Valparaiso to NYC via Panagra Air $15 PHOTO
1956 airmail advertising cover from Arica to Switzerland showing typewriters and adding machines, attractive, $15 PHOTO
OFFICIALS
Very Unusual Official Cover, Ministry of Foreign Relations, to India, $150. PHOTO
O31 x2 and O33 x2 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Chilean mission in Germany, very attractive and scarce $75 SCAN
