10c Yellow, 12c Green (116, 117). 10c vivid color and beautifully centered, used with two 12c, all tied by fancy rosette cancel on blue folded cover to Valparaiso, Chile, sender's ship-name designation "pr 'Henry Chauncey'", faint New York circular datestamp, red "24" credit handstamp also ties 10c

EXTREMELY FINE. A COLORFUL AND EXTREMELY RARE 1869 PICTORIAL FRANKING FOR THE 34-CENT RATE TO CHILE VIA BRITISH PACKET. WITHOUT QUESTION ONE OF THE MOST ATTRACTIVE OF THE 1869 COVERS TO SOUTH AMERICA.

Although there is no year date, this must have been mailed in 1869 or early 1870, because the 34c rate was only valid until mid-February 1870. There are only a dozen or so 1869 Pictorial covers to Chile known to exist.

Illustrated in color in the 1869 PRA Census (p. 133). Ex Haas and Coulter. With 2006 P.F. certificate.

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