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Auction: 19048 - Dr. Edward Grabowski Postal History Collection of French Colonies
Lot: 1088

(x) Guadeloupe
The Pre-stamp Period
1857 (11 Nov.) envelope (with enclosure) to Provence, endorsed "Voie d'Angleterre" with a fair strike of "gozier/(guadeloupe)" with Pointe a Pitre (11.11) and Col. Fr. Ang/Amb. Calais 1 (3.12) datestamps alongside, rated "18" in manuscript, transit and arrival markings on reverse; fine. The only recorded example of the Gozier handstamp, also a triple rate cover. An extraordinary rarity. Jamet 1, rarity 7

provenance:
Dubus

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€850

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€650