Lot# 4018 - Auction 284 - 290
Auction 284 - 290
-> British West Indies – The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection (part III)
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Lot# : 4018 Trinidad u. Tobago
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Recess by Perkins Bacon 1851/55: Perkins Bacon (1 d.) brick-red on blued paper, a used example with good to large margins all round, used on 1854 entire letter from Cuidad Bolivar, Venezuela (June 14) to New York, lightly tied in transit at Port of Spain and well tied on arrival by large circular "N. YORK BR. PKT / 5" datestamp in black (Aug 3). Reverse with 'Trinidad' double arc cds and single ring (1 / June 25) datestamp alongside St. Thomas double arc (July 1) transit in black. A rare and most unusual entire. Cert. BPA (2020).rnProvenance: Collection Hodsell Hurlock, Harmers, London, 16-24 June 1958, lot 794.1 / 1Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 700 CHF -
