Lot# 7480 - Auction 274-283
Auction 274-283
-> France: Part or Insufficiently Paid Incoming Mail – The Jack Blanc Collection
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Lot# : 7480 Puerto Rico
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Antilles 1855: Cuba ½ r. blackish-green, a clear to large margined example from left of sheet with portion of adjoining stamp at top, used on 1856 cover to La Rochelle endorsed "par voie d'Angleterre", tied by oval network handstamp in black. Superb strike of extremely rare "GUAYAMA / PUERTO RICO" despatch datestamp in blue at right (June 11) and reverse with British P.O. "SAN JUAN PORTO RICO" cds in blue (July 13). Thence via London where scarce "COLONIES / ART-18" applied in red (June 30) and taxed '15' décimes due in black on arrival: tariff of 1 Aug 1849. The earliest recorded (of two known) stamped covers bearing the "Guayama" datestamp; an exceptional cover. rnrnProvenance: Collection Ignacio Prats, Harmers, West Caldwell, 27 April 2007, lot 709.Starting bid : 1,500 CHFHammer price : 1,500 CHF -
