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  • Lot# : 5299 Spain

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    Catalogue# : 63+63.I
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    12 cs. blue & rose with variety: Frame Inverted in horizontal pair with normal, large margins all round, used on 1865 entire letter from Barcelona to Hamburg via Verviers, tied by '2' obliterator handstamp in black with 'Barcelona' despatch cds (March 11) at upper right. Struck on reverse with 'Verviers / Coeln' datestamp (March 13) in blue and, on arrival, with Hamburg Thurn & Taxis P.O. cds of the following day. The stamps have been removed from the cover for checking and have been hinged back in to place with blue crayon rate marking partially erased from the front of the cover. Extremely rare usage on entire letter in wonderful Exhibition quality. Cert. Comex (2014) Edifil 70+70ei.

    Provenance: Collection R. Yardley (1944).
    Starting bid : 4,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 7,000 CHF