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Lot# 5192 - Auction 265-273

  • Lot# : 5192 Great Britain

    RMSP 1874: Cover from Brighton to Asuncion, Paraguay endorsed "via Southampton", franked by 1867/80 1 s. green pl. 7 in a horizontal pair tied by "Brighton / 132" duplex (Feb 7). Reverse with "Kemp-Town / Brighton" cds (Feb 7). Carried on the "Neva" from Southampton to Buenos Ayres and thence by River Mail up the Parana and Paraguay rivers. Illustrated in Edition D'Or 59 on page 123. An extraordinarily rare destination - just three stamped pre-UPU Transatlantic mails to Paraguay are recorded.rn 
    Starting bid : 1,000.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000.00 CHF