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Lot# 2312 - Auction 244-249

  • Lot# : 2312 Brit. Post Madagascar

    1884 (March): Typographed Postal Packet 4 d. magenta on buff with '1 oz.' amended to '4 oz.' in manuscript, hollow stop after 'B' of BCM, a used example handstamped "British Vice-Consulate / Antananarivo" in black, large margins all round with vertical rouletting, with diagonal red manuscript ink cancellation. Slightest of thins at base and dusty at top not greatly affecting the appearance of a rare stamp Gi = £ 700.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold