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Lot# 4451 - Auction 244-249

  • Lot# : 4451 Guatemala

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    1871 (March 1): 20 c. rose, a single example used on 1872 cover from Guatemala City to Paris endorsed 'via Panama', tied by "1" numeral obliterator in black. "Correos / Guatemala" despatch cds in blue at left (Sept 17) and thence via British P.O. in COLON with circular datestamp in black (Oct 21), London (Nov 12) where framed 'GB / 1F 60c.' Accountancy marking was applied in black and charged '12' décimes handstruck due upon receipt. Unrecorded in the Goodman census (which records three covers) but further research shows that even now just six single frankings of this stamp are known, three of which are to France. A spectacular and rare cover. Cert. Moorhouse (2009).rnrnProvenance: Norman Hubbard, Stanley Gibbons, New York, 17 March 1981, lot 123; Mark Spycher, Nov 2008; Investphila, sale 15, Lugano, 17-18 April 2010, lot 553.rn 
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 6,500 CHF