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Auction: 16USA - The Frederick R Mayer Collection of Costa Rica
Lot: 66

#1, 1863 1/2r Blue, horizontal pair from Plate 2, centered to left, paying the double rate and tied to a canary colored cover to San Jose by two strikes of ""Punta-Arenas/12 Mayo 81/Costa Rica"" c.d.s. (PUN-Pmk5), a usage during the period when the 1/2r stamps were sold for five centavos, circular blue sender´s cachet, ""San-Jose/13 Mayo 81/Costa-Rica"" arrival c.d.s., very slight reduction at right of cover, ve Estimate US$ 500-600

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$4,000