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Auction: 163 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1423

#20, 20a, 1866-69 1r Vermilion, two single examples, one of which showing top sheet margin, additionally a diagonal bisect, all very attractive with large margins for the most part, paying a 2½ Reales rate which corresponds to the weight from 1½ to 1¾ ounces for the first distance, on undated cover from La Guaira to Caracas, tied by several strikes of ''Correos/La Guaira'' double circle without date, filing fold at left which just impinges on the left-hand adhesive, being hardly visible, a visually striking franking, which is the only combination recorded of this kind; signed Roura and accompanied by 2011 Moorhouse certificate;

Sold for
$1,500