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Auction: 14019 - The "Foxley" Collections of British Guiana and British Honduras
Lot: 1563

British Honduras
1865 No Watermark, Perf. 14
Cover
1869 (6 Dec.) envelope to USA, bearing 6d. rose clearly tied by "A06" obliterator (Type K1), showing despatch c.d.s. (Type D4) and unframed "paid" h.s. in red (Type PD4; earliest recorded date), partly overstruck by New Orleans transit datestamp (12.12); the envelope a little soiled. Very rare, only a handful of first issue covers known. Photo

provenance:
Max Bass, November 1958
R. Hart, February 1978

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Sold for
£9,500