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    1855/98: Postage Stamps used as Revenues, the celebrated 8 frame Exhibit collection, with Jan 1855 document bearing Judicial Fiscal 10 r. violet in strip of three and pair of 1855 Postage ½ r. green, wmk. loops, pair (the earliest recorded use of this stamp) on Summons to a trial for stealing 10 black slaves), July 1856 statement with 1855 Postage ½ r. green, wmk. loops, pair and single 2 r. red cancelled in mss., Tax Payment form with single 1 r. green tied by oval cachet (purchase of a female slave), 2 r. on donation form dated Aug 1856, form with earliest recorded usage of unwmk'd ½ r. on form for purchase of a slave dated Dec 15, 1856; a further 14 forms with mixed Antilles / Fiscal usages on forms used between 1857 and 1858; thereafter with Postage stamp usages on forms for 'Rural Property', guarantee forms (one concerning the Schooner 'Josefa' (1860), 1857 2 r. on Rural Property document used in 1863 at Espiritu Sancti, 1864 ½ r. green on 1865 summons, 1868 diagonal bisect of 10 c. blue on affidavit, 1868 10 c. on Land Tax receipt, 1868 20 c. green bisect on Tuition Fee form, 1869 10 c. brown on Land Tax receipt and a pair on 1869 invoice for Molasses sale, 1869 20 c. orange bisected usage on Tuition Fee notice (unique), 1870 10 c. green bisected on Executor's form, 1870 10 c. in two blocks of 20 stamps used in Havana (Sept 1874, the largest recorded multiple usage); 1871 50 c. pale green, 29 examples on Property Tax form, bisected example on Tuition Fee form (unique), 1870's 50 c. values used on a variety of forms, 1877 25 c. bisected on Civil judgement form, 1879 50 c. black bisected on 'Paupers' form, 1880 50 c. brown block of four on Death certificate, 1 p. brown (6) used on Molasses sale form, 1881 forms for Real Estate taxes of Intestate taxes each bearing 5 c. strip of four tied 'Cancelado' in black, 1883/86 issues with many tied to forms by various different cachets, grisly receipt for 2 pints of blood with 1890 5 c., Last Will with 1890 1 c. (2) and 5 c. (24) together with Fiscal 10 c. pair, 1898 5 c. rose pink on Marriage Banns form and a bisected 20 c. on a death certificate etc. A marvellous collection with wonderful engraved business headings on nearly every document and a dramatic insight into the workings of the Island of Cuba in the classic period of postage stamps. Viewing is a pleasure and recommended as the collection was formed by the most knowledgeable collector of this field.
    Starting bid : 30,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 32,000 CHF
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