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Auction: 168 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 737

"Unclaimed" straight-line handstamp, 42 x 5 mm., struck twice on February 2, 1908 incoming registered cover from Bismark, Germany, bearing "Germania" 5pf, 10pf and 25pf, tied on dispatch, sent back to the addressee with manuscript notations in red "Rebut + unknown", with the "Unclaimed" markings and St. Vincent c.d.s. alongside, redirected to Wriezen in Germany with corresponding c.d.s. on July 29, struck on reverse, where several transits are also exhibited, including Grenada, New York, Bismark and maritime "Bremen/New-York" datestamps, some creases at top, a spectacular and very rare usage.

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