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Lot# 7637 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 7637 USA

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    1875: Cuba, Coat of Arms, 50 c. green two singles, with USA Jefferson, 10 c. brown six singles and Post Horse and Rider 2 c. brown, used on cover, from HAVANA (Cuba) to BARCELONA, via NEW YORK (USA) and PRUSSIA (Germany), sent 17 Feb 1875 (endorsed) from Havana to New York (presumably privately) where USA postage applied, stamps tied by undated fancy circular, with New York paid in red dated 23 Feb, 50 c. greens cancelled by indistiguishable datestamp which appears to indicate 12 April presumably on arrival in Spain, a spectacular cover, sent at 62 cents rate, franked in combination with the Cuba 1 peseta, exceptional example; from the Francisco Cuadrada archive.rnrnProvenance: Collection Helmut Wolff, Harmers, Ney York, 17 Jan 1980, lot 2068.
    Starting bid : 7,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 7,500 CHF