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Catalogue 267: BRITISH POST OFFICES ABROAD - The DUBOIS collection (part II)
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  • Lot# : 4234 Venezuela

    1846 (June 7): Second sheet of entire letter from La Guayra to Santiago de Chile endorsed 'Por via de Panamá' at top, prepaid '2/-' in red manuscript and struck with fine "♚ / PAID / AT LA GUAYRA" handstamp in red. Backstamped with double arc LA-GUAYRA datestamp in red (June 7), double arc 'Grenada' datestamp (June 25) and  'Kingston / Jamaica' cds (July 15) in black. Struck on arrival with ULTRAMAR and VALPARAISO straight line handstamps in red with Ship Letter and internal charge of 3½ reales due. Rare Gi = £ 3'500.rnProvenance: Collection "Beaver Creek", Phillips, London, 17 Nov 1988, lot 263.
    Starting bid : 1,000.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,200.00 CHF

    Lot# : 4235 Venezuela

    1861 (Sept 7): Entire letter from La Guayra to New York endorsed 'By way of St. Thomas', struck on despatch with double arc 'LA GUAYRA' cds on reverse (Sept 8) and superb impression of "♚ / PAID / AT / LA-GUAYRA" in black. Prepaid with '1/-' in red manuscript and reverse with British P.O. "St. Thomas" double arc cds of transit (Sept 12) in black. 'Steamship / 10' due marking of receipt on front with internal docketing (Sept 30). A fine and rare entire Gi CC1 = £ 3'500.rnProvenance: Collection Dr. D.N. Seaton, Cavendish, Derby, 10 Sept 2014, lot 545.
    Starting bid : 1,200.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,400.00 CHF

    Lot# : 4236 Venezuela

    1870 (March 2): Cover from Ciudad Bolivar to Genova, Italy struck with fine circular CIUDAD BOLIVAR / PAID datestamp struck in red (March 3) with manuscript '1/9d.' prepaid. 'London / Paid' transit datestamp (March 26) and circular 'PD' in red on obverse. Charged '40' decimi in manuscript on arrival in Genova (March 30) with cds on reverse. A fine entire.
    Starting bid : 200.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 600.00 CHF

    Lot# : 4237 Venezuela

    1873 (Aug 9): Great Britain 1865 4 d. vermilion pl. 13 - note flaw in right hand '13' plate number, applied over Venezuelan P.O. blurred 'Correos / La Guaira' datestamp, on 1873 cover from La Guayra to Vera Cruz, Mexico tied by bold strike of the "C60" obliterator with single ring "La-Guayra" cds alongside (Aug 9) in black. Fresh and very fine.
    Starting bid : 400.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 700.00 CHF
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