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Auction: 16USA - The Frederick R Mayer Collection of Costa Rica
Lot: 101

#2, 1863 2r Scarlet, single with fine centering, tied to orange colored cover to London by boxed ""12 Feb 81"" handstamp, with two matching ""San-Jose/12 Feb 81/Costa-Rica"" double ring c.d.s. (SJ-Pmk9), the cover sent to England via Limon and was rated one shilling postage due upon arrival with ""1/-"" in circle handstamp, red London backstamp, back flap and small portion of the top of the cover which was cut away has been neatly replaced, otherwise fine; one of only two recorded usgaes of the ""dos reales"" sta Estimate US$ 400-475

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