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Catalogue 267: BRITISH POST OFFICES ABROAD - The DUBOIS collection (part II)
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  • Lot# : 4142 Nicaragua

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    1880 (Sept 15): Great Britain 1876 4 d. sage-green pl. 16, a single example used on 1880 cover from Greytown to New York, paying the rate to Panama only, tied by GREY-TOWN circular datestamp (Sept 16, code B) in black. Scarce single ring COLON / TRANSIT cds of British P.O. at left (Sept 17) and taxed on arrival in New York with 'New York / Due 5 Cents' datestamp (Sept 26) with Postage Due 5 c. brown cancelled in violet. Some trivial aging but extremely rare and one of just two recorded covers bearing US postage Dues in the Great Britain Used Abroad period.rnNote: The 'Colon / Transit' cds is only recorded in use between July 1879 and November 1881.
    Starting bid : 800.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,200.00 CHF

    Lot# : 4143 Nicaragua

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    1880 (Nov 16): Great Britain 1873 1 s.green, pl. 13, a used example on 1880 cover with imprinted 'Linea de Mala y Navegacion a vapor de Nicaragua' addressed to J. Hart the Nicaraguan Consul in London, tied by GREY-TOWN circular datestamp (Nov 16, code B) in black. 'London / Paid' arrival cds in red at left (Dec 15). A few wrinkles to envelope but a very rare stamp used on cover from Greytown and an attractive usage.rnProvenance: Collection Phil Kenton, Harmers, Zurich, 17 Nov 2005, lot 1133.
    Starting bid : 500.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,100.00 CHF

    Lot# : 4144 Nicaragua

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    1881 (Nov 15): Great Britain 1880 1 s. orange-brown, pl. 13, wmk. Crown, two examples used on 1881 double rate cover from Greytown to J. Hart the Nicaraguan Consul in London, each tied by GREY-TOWN circular datestamp (Nov 15, code B) in black. 'London / Paid' arrival cds in red at left (Dec 13). Reverse of envelope with embossed circular seal 'Nicaragua / Secretaria de Hacienda'. A few wrinkles to envelope but one of very few recorded double rate covers. Rare. Cert. Holcombe (1989).rnProvenance: Collection Ennis, RL, London, 14 July 1948, lot 355; Collection Grant Glassco, RL, London, 25-27 Nov 1969, lot 902; Collection "Windsor", Harmers, London, 28 Oct 1983, lot 609; Corinphila, Zurich, sale 80, March 1990, lot 5905.
    Starting bid : 1,000.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,600.00 CHF

    Lot# : 4145 Nicaragua

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    1881 (Jan 7): Nicaragua 1869 perf. 5 c. black and 1878/79 rouletted 25 c. green (Scott 5+12), used on 1881 cover from Marenco y Hermanos in Granada to Pector & Ducout in Paris (traders in brandy and gemstones) and cancelled by barred handstamp in black, with circular 'Correos de Nicaragua / Granada' cds in blue at left (Jan 7). Great Britain 1870 1½ d. lake-red pl. 3 and 1880 4 d. grey-brown pl. 17 (wmk. Garter) in a horizontal strip of three applied entirely over the Nicaragua adhesives tied by neat GREY-TOWN circular datestamps (Jan 15, code B) in black for full payment to destination (manuscript '1/1½' at left in pencil); with reverse showing London transit cds (Feb 10) in red and Paris arrival cds of the following day. The British adhesives lifted for checking, a spectacular combination cover with just two complete covers recorded with this franking, the other being ex Hubbard. Delightful.rnProvenance: Collection E.E. Yates, RL, London, 31 July-1 Aug 1940; Collection Charles Jewell; Collection Grant Glassco, RL, London, 25-27 Nov 1969, lot 899; Spink, London Private Treaty List, Spring 2000, lot 20.
    Starting bid : 4,500.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,500.00 CHF

    Lot# : 4146 Nicaragua

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    1881 (March 7): Nicaragua 1869 perf. 5 c. black and 1878/79 rouletted 25 c. green (Scott 5+12), used on 1881 cover from Marenco y Hermanos in Granada to Pector & Ducout in Paris (traders in brandy and gemstones) and cancelled by framed "3/G" handstamp in black, with circular 'Correos de Nicaragua / Granada' cds in blue at left (March 7). Great Britain 1870 1½ d. lake-red pl. 3 and 1880 1 s. orange-brown pl. 13 at left of the Nicaragua adhesives tied by neat GREY-TOWN circular datestamp (March 15, code B) in black for full payment to destination; with reverse showing London transit cds (April 11) in red and Paris arrival cds of the following day. The envelope with minor edge wear but a spectacular and particularly attractive combination cover.rnProvenance: Collection Dr. Norman Hubbard, Stanley Gibbons, New York, 17 March 1981, lot 243; Siegel, New York, 6 May 1997, lot 357.
    Starting bid : 4,500.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 7,000.00 CHF
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