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Lot# 3597 - Auction 321-332

  • Lot# : 3597 Panama

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    Provisional overprint 1887: 5 c. in violet on 10 c. black on yellow, horizontal pair, and 10 c. black on yellow, used on printed commercial envelope, from Panama to New York, dated 15 November 1888, endorsed "Per S.S. City of Para", tied by 'AGENCIA CORREOS NACIONAL / PANAMA' duplex in blue, New York Paid double-circle to reverse dated 24 November, perforations across top of pair are clipped or dulled, central vertical filing crease clear of stamps and soiled, otherwise fine and rare. One of two reported with the 5 c. Provisional violet overprint.rnNote: These Provisional overprints, applied with a rubber stamp in violet ink, may have been a solution to a brief shortage of 20c and or 5c postage, performed by a district postmaster without official authorisation. A cover from the same correspondence franked with a 20c dated 16 October 1888 is the earliest known use of this value. This may suggest that this first delivery of 20c value was used between these two dates.rnProvenance: Ex F. W. Lange Collection.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF