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Auction: 15USA - The William H. Gross Collection
Lot: 33

1893 ""One Penny."" provisional postcard surcharge, setting C of the surcharge (the rarest of the three settings known), perfectly positioned between 1/2p Stone and 1p Dull rose Victoria adhesives (S.G. #19, 22), used on post card to Erfurt, Germany, stamps neatly tied to card by ""Kingston/SP 20 94/Bermuda"" duplex cancel, Erfurt arrival c.d.s. at bottom left, a very fine and choice example; this very rare provisional resulted from a reduction in the overseas postcard rate to 1p, with existing stocks of postcards being surcharged, including those cards in stock that had the 1/2p and 1p adhesives applied, it is believed that only 80 or 87 of these cards were so surcharged, with only a very few of these ever being used, and fewer still survive today, with this being among the finest available used exam Estimate US$ 1,900-2,400

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