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Lot# 3690 - Auction 321-332

  • Lot# : 3690 Panama

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    1892: 5 c.  blue single, 5 c. blue 'AR' Provisional red handstamp, vertical pair of 20 c. violet and 1 p. lake, used on a registered coarse linen front (cut from package wrapping) with 1901 provisional 10 c. red registration stamp, from Panama to New York, dated 16 December 1901, faint blue crayon '18c' to top left presumably postage due on arrival, 1 p. bottom perfs trimmed, otherwise a fine and intriguing cover front, rare. One of five non philatelic uses of the 1 peso on cover. rnNote: The linen cover is one of two almost identical items mailed to the same address on the same day. Both have a 5 c. with 'AR' cancel and both have the provisional registration stamp.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF