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Auction: 166 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 466

H&G #E1, 1875 ¼r Brown on manila newspaper wrapper, lovely and rare international usage to Cadiz, Spain, posted from Guatemala City with "Correos de Guatemala/6 Set 75" canceling the stamp and a similar but different Guatemala c.d.s. at left, directed in ms. "Via Belize & South Hampton" but instead sent via Panama with "Panama/17 SP 1875/Transit," bold "T" black due h.s. and very scarce red "MI/15" printed matter rate h.s., blue company cachet at bottom left, light an unobtrusive vertical folds, slightly reduced at sides to no affect, an attractive and very rare example of this newspaper wrapper used to Europe; one of only two or three used first wrappers known.

Sold for
$375