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Auction: 14019 - The "Foxley" Collections of British Guiana and British Honduras
Lot: 1519

British Honduras
Early Letters and Handstamps
Transit Mail
1870 (8 June) envelope from Omoa (Honduras) to New Orleans, showing red crayon "6", Belize c.d.s. (Type D4) along with the very rare straight-line "paid" h.s. in red (Type PD4) and arrival c.d.s. (14.6); some minor soiling. An important exhibition item. Photo

Note: The Paid handstamp was apparently introduced at the request of the American P.O. and only used on mails to the United States

provenance:
Drs. Harper, March 2009

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Sold for
£650