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  • Lot# : 439C Trinidad u. Tobago

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    Inbound to Port of Spain 1847 (April 16): Lady McLeod (5 c.) blue, imperforate, a superb used example with huge margins on three sides and imperceptibly shaved in top margin but not cut into, used on 12th August 1847 entire letter from Norton Frew & Co. in San Fernando to Port of Spain, cancelled by manuscript pen cross in ink. The letter mentions an enclosure (a bank transfer) and the addressee's name has been removed and professionally replaced (the cover was probably addressed to Barnet & Best Co.), the entire being one of just two known that does not emanate from the Taylor Graham correspondence. Census #C18, illustrated in "Trinidad - A Philatelic History" by Sir John Marriott, Michael Medlicott and Reuben A. Ramkissoon on page 276. Rare and attractive. Cert. Friedl (1977) Gi = £ 24'000.rnProvenance: H.R.Harmer, London, 16-24 March 1936, lot 817; H.R.Harmer, New York, 15 Dec 1977, lot 1073; Robert A. Siegel, New York, 3 Oct 1992, lot 951; collection Gregory Frantz, Corinphila sale 261, Zurich, 28 Jan 2021, lot 6278.
    Starting bid : 12,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold