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Auction: 163 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1037

French Colonies, Maury #20, 1872 30c Brown a very fresh horizontal pair, very slightly cut in at right, clear to enormous margins in other respects, cancelled by dotted lozenge on entire folded letter unusually sent to Martinique, showing "Guadeloupe/16 Juil 74" c.d.s., struck at the British post office with red "Guadleoupe/Paid" c.d.s., marked in red crayon with "4" pence British packet rate paid in cash alongside, previously paying equal to 40 centimes, the other 20 centimes of the franking covering the Inter-Antillean rate, with small British corresponding c.d.s. of Guadeloupe on reverse; a rare cover of excellent appearance.

Estimate
$500 to $750