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Lot# 5618 - Auction 265-273

  • Lot# : 5618 Peru

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    1853: France 40 c. orange and 80 c. carmine, ample to large margins all round, used on 9 February 1858 entire letter from Gera, Prussia to Lima, Peru tied by '1494' petit chiffres of Le Havre with oval "Dose & Kopstadt / Le Havre & L'Anvers" Forwarding Agent's cachet in blue. Blue Southampton tranmsit cds (April 1), thence per Steamer "Parana" to Panama. Struck on arrival with rectangular framed "E" handstamp (probably = Estangero or possibly E = Europa) applied in Callao (Emsing fig. E155), however the marking is very scarce and its use has yet to be fully determined. An unusual and rare usage.rnrnProvenance: Collection Dillemann, Paris, 21-23 Dec 1931.
    Starting bid : 350.00 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold