Lot Archive

Lot

№ 1630

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25 June 2003

Estimate: £80–£100

Peru, Ferro-Carril Central Trasandino [Trans-Andean Railway], 1870, bronze medals (2), by J. Bryant, Callao to Oroya section, train leaving tunnel and entering town, rev. legend; Arequipa to Puno section, train on viaduct, rev. legend, both 50mm (Moyaux 432, 434; BDM I, 305; cf. Swan 379, 383) [2]. Both about extremely fine, but second with edge flaws (£80-100)

Sold with old paper envelopes indicating a provenance to Spink, 1927