PERU - 1p SINGLE FRANKING COVERS (TO LIMA BY NAMED STEAMERS)...

PERU - 1p SINGLE FRANKING COVERS (TO LIMA BY NAMED STEAMERS) + BOOTLEG COVER TO FRANCE; 23 May 1860 EL ex Trujillo (sender's cachet on front) to Lima "Per Vapor Inca" with wide-margined 1p Rose-red (light fold) tied (by indentation) by unclear dotted oval "TRUX" (or perhaps "INCA"??); plus similar 2 Dec. 1860 EL from Iquique (sender's cachet on front) to Lima "Pr. Guayaquil" with 3m 1p Rose-red tied by very light manuscript squiggle (on board ship?). Good pair of relatively 'local' covers carried by names PSNC steamers. Plus 27 June 1860 EL ex Lima (firm's oval cachet on front) to Paris (blue oval Paris FAC of "ESTIENNE, ERREQUAETA & Coie") posted on arrival with French 10c Brown tied by Paris diamond. (3 covers) [The first & last illust. in PSNC, pp.135+95.] Cross Reference: PERU, FORWARDING AGENTS, FRANCE