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Lot# 4142 - Auction 265-273

  • Lot# : 4142 Nicaragua

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    1880 (Sept 15): Great Britain 1876 4 d. sage-green pl. 16, a single example used on 1880 cover from Greytown to New York, paying the rate to Panama only, tied by GREY-TOWN circular datestamp (Sept 16, code B) in black. Scarce single ring COLON / TRANSIT cds of British P.O. at left (Sept 17) and taxed on arrival in New York with 'New York / Due 5 Cents' datestamp (Sept 26) with Postage Due 5 c. brown cancelled in violet. Some trivial aging but extremely rare and one of just two recorded covers bearing US postage Dues in the Great Britain Used Abroad period.rnNote: The 'Colon / Transit' cds is only recorded in use between July 1879 and November 1881.
    Starting bid : 800.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,200.00 CHF