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Lot# 3606 - Auction 321-332

  • Lot# : 3606 Panama

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    1887/1892: 20 c. black on lilac, 5 c. blue and 10 c. black on grey, registration stamp, used on registered cover, from Colón to Larnaca, Cyprus, dated 20 June 1892, Map adhesives tied by 'AGENCIA CORREOS NACIONAL / PANAMA' duplex in blue, New York USA red registered label '55873', sent via New York with two registered oval marks to reverse dated 30 June and 1 July, letter found open and officially resealed by post office tape, signed and postmarked with Larnaca datestamp 26 July 1892, registration stamp has part of top left corner missing (has been inked in), otherwise fine, very rare mailing to Cyprus (less than 12'000 inhabitants in 1892) and the only mixed franking of the first and second Maps to have been circulated in the transitional period.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,600 CHF