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Auction: 163 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1418

#2, 1859 1r Blue, fine printing, a well margined example possessing a strong indigo shade, showing a plate flaw featuring colorless spot above ''E'' of ''Real'' resembling an accent, whose position in the sheet has not been determined, used on single weight cover for a distance between 25 and 100 miles from Trujillo dated September 3, 1859 to Maracaibo, tied by ''0'' numeral handstamp in red from the pre-adhesive period, an eye-appealing usage, being one of only three covers recorded bearing this cancellation in red, further enhanced by the, to our knowledge, only known usage of this prominent flaw on cover; 2010 Moorhouse certificate;

Estimate
$1,500 to $2,000