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Lot# 189 - Auction 244-249

  • Lot# : 189 Peru

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    Postal Fraud 1858: 1 d. slate blue, two narrow margined examples used on August 1859 entire letter from Pisco to Lima, each stamp previously cancelled by dotted 'Lima' handstamps in black and applied in an attempt to defraud the Post Office. The clerk in Pisco noticed the deception and wrote "Usadas" alongside the adhesives and struck his straight line PISCO handstamp (Emsing E56 = 150 pts) in black and annotated "4 rs." due (double the original deficiency). A most unusual and very rare entire. Cert. Moorhouse (2014).
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF