Lot# 2019 - Auction 321-332
Auction 321-332
-> The BESANÇON Collection – British Africa (part II)
-> Brit. Colonies
-> St. Helena
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Lot# : 2019 St. Helena
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Recess by De La Rue 1863: 4 d. on 6 d. carmine, imperforate, wmk. Crown CC, FOUR PENCE surcharge 15½-16½ mm. in black, a used horizontal strip of three on 1864 cover to London, Goodman correspondence, with fair to large margins all round, cancelled in manuscript ink. Oval framed "POST OFFICE / ST. HELENA" cachet at lower left (July 26) in black. Manuscript "11" pence credit GB with "London / Paid" cds of receipt adjacent (Aug 26) in red. Illustrated in "St. Helena" by Edward Hibbert on page 37. Just four covers are recorded bearing this stamp. A famous and extremely rare cover.Starting bid : 5,000 CHFHammer price : 5,000 CHF -
