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  • Lot# : 3771 Montserrat

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    Stamps of Antigua Overprinted 1876/83: 6 d. green, wmk. Crown CC, perf. 14, a used example vertically trisected (2 d.) and a twelfth part of the same stamp (½ d.) alongside used on 1884 cover to Basseterre, St. Kitts paying the 2½ d. rate, tied by "A08" obliterator in black with faint 'Montserrat / Paid' below and 'St. Kitts' arrival cds (May 3) alongside. The envelope folded slightly, 10 mm., at left for better Exhibit display, a remarkable and very rare cover illustrated in colour on the dust-jacket of the Robson Lowe Encyclopaedia. Unique. Cert. BPA (1956).rnProvenance: Collection Claude Cartier, SG, London, 21 April 1977, lot 44; Collection Edward Gilbert, Shreves, New York, 9-10 March 1992, lot 465.
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 5,000 CHF