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Lot# 7486 - Auction 274-283

  • Lot# : 7486 Salvador

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    1874: "Contra Sello" overprint on 1 r. red in a horizontal pair, used on 1875 cover to Bordeaux, each cancelled in manuscript with pen cross, with despatch cds at right (Nov 23) and superb "CORREOS del SALVADOR / PAQUETES" in blue (Nov 24) below. Prepaid as far as Panama with British P.O. "PANAMA - TRANSIT" cds (Dec 4) in black. Thence via London (Dec 30) and struck there with "GB / 1F 90c." accountancy marking in black. Calais transit and charged with handstruck '15' décimes charge in black: tariff of 1 July 1871. The cover has been sympathetically cleaned but an item of great scarcity. Cert. Holcombe (1989).rnrnProvenance: Collection Jack Luder, Corinphila sale 133, June 2002, lot 2989. 
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,500 CHF