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Lot# 3520 - Auction 321-332

  • Lot# : 3520 Panama

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    1870/72: Great Britain Post Offices Abroad: 6 d. grey, plate 14, five examples, used on cover from Panama to Newark, England, dated 20 January 1876, tied by faint strike of the 'C35' horizontal oval in black, 'PANAMA' datestamp alongside, endorsed "Per West Indian / Mail", to reverse an arrival dated 19 February 1876, the backflap embossed in red "H.M.S. Tenedos", has been taped along the base causing adhesive stain, some opening faults and imperfections around edges as might be expected, also wing margins trimmed at right side and perfs trimmed top left, envelope opened out for display at some stage, a rare double-rate franking.rnNote: HMS Tenedos was a Sloop, screw propulsion, wooden, 6 gun corvette, commanded by Captain Edwin John Pollard, stationed in the Pacific until March 1878, when it was moved to the West African region.rnReference: According to the Karl Louis card index only one other cover recorded with five 6d grey from Panama, which also comes from the same correspondence and was part of the Dr Kornan Collection, Harmers, 27 September 1994, lot 185.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold