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Lot# 3661 - Auction 257-264

  • Lot# : 3661 Panama

    British P.O.'s 1880: Great Britain 1 s. orange-brown, pl. 13, wmk. Spray, a horizontal strip of three lettered QF-QH, with blunted wing margin perfs. and first stamp with pulled perf. at left, however the strip is solely cancelled by two strikes of the three line dated PANAMA / 27 AUG 81 / TRANSIT in black. Rare. The Karl Louis Card Index records only one other 6d. on piece cancelled with handstamp which was not intended for use to cancel adhesive stamps. Gi 151/Z105 = £ 1'200.rnProvenance: Robson Lowe Auction (14 Nov. 1956) lot 76
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF