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Lot# 6053 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 6053 Haiti

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    1881 (July 1): 2 c. slate-purple on pale lilac, plate I, imperforate, a used example with large margins all round, on 1881 cover to St. Andre de Valbourge, France carried at the foreign Printed Matter rate, tied by "Port au Prince / Haiti" cds (Dec 6). One of just two recorded single 2 c. frankings (the other was ex Hennan and in the 'Hispaniola' collection in 1987, lot 168), extremely fine and very rare. Signed Calves.rnrnProvenance: Collection Tomas Bjäringer RDP.rn                     Collection Guido Craveri, DF, Zurich, 29-30 March 1984, lot 11953.rn                     Collection Bruno Sabattini, Postilijonen, Malmo, 23-24 March 2001, lot 633.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold