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Ecuador ca1891 Encomienda 189 5c on 10c PSE H&G B4a Internally > Guayaquil Tied by VF Dbl Circle Cancellation; VERY SCARCE
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Ecuador ca1891 Encomienda 189 5c on 10c PSE H&G B4a Internally > Guayaquil Tied by VF Dbl Circle Cancellation; VERY SCARCE (17-0240)
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Ecuador ca1891 Encomienda 189 5c on 10c Postal Envelope H&G B4a Internally Sent to Guayaquil Tied by Very Fine Double Circle Cancellation; In the encomienda, the crown granted a person a specified number of natives for whom they were to take responsibility. In theory, the receiver of the grant was to protect the natives from warring tribes and to instruct them in the Spanish language and in the Catholic faith: in return they could extract tribute from the natives in the form of labor, gold or other products; VERY SCARCE (17-0240)

