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Lot# 5577 - Auction 250-256

  • Lot# : 5577 Puerto Rico

    1876 (Aug 9): Great Britain 1870 ½ d. pl. 10, 1864/79 1 d. red pl. 172 and 1873 1 s. green pl. 12 used on cover from Aguadilla to Genova, Italy tied by two strikes of the "F84" obliterator with AGUADILLA PORTO RICO / PAID cds of despatch below (Aug 10) in black. Faint 'London / Paid' datestamp in red at right (Aug 28) and Genova arrival (Aug 30) on reverse. The 1 d. red plate 172 was issued to San Juan and is unrecorded by Stanley Gibbons used in Aguadilla. A superb and extremely rare cover and the finest post UPU franking from this Office.rnProvenance: Christie's, London, 14 June 1995, lot 1078; Soler y Llach, Barcelona, 4 Feb 1999, lot 1876; Collection Francisco & Edward Acevedo, Spink, New York, 20 Nov 2009, lot 545.rn                  
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,400 CHF