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Lot# 6133 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 6133 Haiti

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    1883 (Feb): 2 c. dull purple, plate II, first printing, perf. 13½, a used single example on 1883 entire Printed Circular to Paris, France tied by "Port au Prince / Haiti" circular datestamp (May 9) in black. Stamps crossed by file fold but one of two recorded single usages (the other, not as fine, was in the Sellers collection, lot 516). An extremely attractive and very rare usage.rnrnProvenance: Collection Helmut Wolff, Harmers, New York, 17 Jan 1980, lot 2302.rn                     Collection Guido Craveri, DF, Zurich, 29-30 March 1984, lot 11983.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold