Vintage Peru Postage Stamp Collection – 174 Stamps – 1874 to 1980

Offered here is a substantial collection of 174 postage stamps from Peru, spanning more than 100 years from 1874 through 1980.

The collection contains an interesting assortment of early and mid-20th-century Peruvian philately, with numerous older issues dating from the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Highlights include:

Early Peru issues beginning in 1874
19th-century definitive and overprinted issues
Early 20th-century portrait and pictorial stamps
Numerous overprints and surcharges
Airmail / Peru Aéreo issues
Postal tax and unemployment fund postal tax stamps
Semi-postal issues
Commemorative and historical issues
Architecture, aviation, historical figures and national subjects
Both older classic designs and colorful later issues
Mix of used and unused/mint-appearing stamps
Many stamps mounted and identified chronologically on album pages

Dates represented include material from the 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, extending to approximately 1980.

The collection is unsearched for varieties, watermarks, perforations or catalog numbers and individual stamps have not been professionally graded or authenticated.

174 stamps total.

Please examine all photographs carefully for the exact stamps included and for condition. As with any collection covering more than a century, condition varies and may include cancellations, hinge remnants, toning, small faults or other signs of age

Condition: Pre-Owned Good

As with any collection covering more than a century, condition varies and may include cancellations, hinge remnants, toning, small faults or other signs of age