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Lot# 6147 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 6147 Haiti

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    1885 (Sept): 3 c. olive-bistre on pale bistre, second printing, perf. 13½, a used single example alongside a horizontal strip of nine (positions 1-10) in combination with 5 c. green, Plate III, in two strips of three on 1886 cover front to the Foreign Office in London carried at 6 times rate; all tied by "Port au Prince / Haiti" ccircular datestamps (Oct 26) in black. A rare and extremely important cover due to both the 6 times rate and the use of the largest recorded multiple of the 3 cent adhesive.rnrnProvenance: Collection Ferrars H. Tows, Carl Pelander, New York, 16-19 Feb 1949, lot 1327.rn                     Collection Bruno Sabattini, Postilijonen, Malmo, 30 Sept 2000, lot 92.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,500 CHF