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  • Lot# : 4146 Nicaragua

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    1881 (March 7): Nicaragua 1869 perf. 5 c. black and 1878/79 rouletted 25 c. green (Scott 5+12), used on 1881 cover from Marenco y Hermanos in Granada to Pector & Ducout in Paris (traders in brandy and gemstones) and cancelled by framed "3/G" handstamp in black, with circular 'Correos de Nicaragua / Granada' cds in blue at left (March 7). Great Britain 1870 1½ d. lake-red pl. 3 and 1880 1 s. orange-brown pl. 13 at left of the Nicaragua adhesives tied by neat GREY-TOWN circular datestamp (March 15, code B) in black for full payment to destination; with reverse showing London transit cds (April 11) in red and Paris arrival cds of the following day. The envelope with minor edge wear but a spectacular and particularly attractive combination cover.rnProvenance: Collection Dr. Norman Hubbard, Stanley Gibbons, New York, 17 March 1981, lot 243; Siegel, New York, 6 May 1997, lot 357.
    Starting bid : 4,500.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 7,000.00 CHF