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Auction: 16USA - The Frederick R Mayer Collection of Costa Rica
Lot: 205

#O6, 1883 10c Orange with ""Oficial"" overprint, horizontal pair tied by ms. cancel on 1885 registered cover to Heidelberg, Germany (backstamped), with ""San Jose/8 Jun/85"" c.d.s. at bottom left, registry label also tied by the ms. cancel, corner card of ""Admon. Gral. de Correos"" and that department´s purple handstamp on reverse, oval London transit, cover opened at bottom and with minor edge wear, fine; one of only two recorded examples of the first issue officials on cover (the other being a non-regist Estimate US$ 700-800

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