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Auction: 5011 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 1493

Great Britain Used Abroad Nicaragua 1881 envelope from Granada (east coast of Nicaragua) to Paris, bearing Nicaragua 5c. and 25c. tied by circular bars cancellation and paying the rate to Grey-Town, were additionally franked, Great Britain 1870 11/2d rose red Plate 3 and 1880 4d. grey-brown Plate 17 horizontal strip of three, the latter affixed over the top of the Nicaraguan values and thrice cancelled by Grey-Town c.d.s, with London and Paris transit marks on reverse in red and black respectively; the strip of three lifted and attached at left to reveal the Nicaragua values. An extraordinarily rare franking. Photo Estimate £ 5,500-6,500provenance: Grant Glassco, 1969

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