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Lot# 2897 - Auction 274-283

  • Lot# : 2897 Guatemala

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    1871 (March 1): 1 c. ochre on buff and 5 c. bistre-brown, used on 1871 cover to Ramon Rodriguez in Mazatenango, tied by numeral "1" obliterator in black with "Correos / Guatemala" circular datestamp at right (Oct 28) in black. File fold well away from the adhesives, cleaned but of exceptional rarity, the companion cover was in Hubbard (lot 96) and Castilejo (lot 1024) which was identically franked and mailed one week before this example. Goodman records five first issue covers with the 1 centavo adhesive, including this example, however a further example has come to light (F-W Lange collection) since the handbook was published; of these six covers just three were used in the 'decimal' period (March 1 1871 until January 26, 1872) prior to Guatemala reverting to their former currency in January 1872 and there are only two recorded 6 centavo internal frankings. An exhibition item of the foremost importance.rnrnProvenance: Collection Mark Spycher, Rapp, Wyl, Nov 2008.
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,500 CHF