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Lot# 5680 - Auction 250-256

  • Lot# : 5680 Peru

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    1867 (Nov 15): Combination cover from Piura to Liverpool mailed with Peru 1862 Lecoq 1 d. pink (Scott 12) for the internal rate, additionally franked by Great Britain 1867 1 s. green pl. 4, two fine examples, all tied by two strikes of the "C43" obliterator with double arc "PAITA" datestamp below (Nov 16). 'London / Paid' transit cds on front (Dec 18) and Liverpool arrival on reverse of the same day. A magnificent and most beautiful rarity - the sole recorded combination cover from this Agency.rnProvenance: Collection E.E. Yates, RL, 31 July-1 Aug 1940; Collection Grant Glassco, RL, London, 25-27 Nov 1969, lot 965; Harmers, London, 25-26 Sept 1972, lot 445; Collection André Bollen, DF, Zurich, 29-30 March 1984, lot 11698
    Starting bid : 7,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold