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Auction: 5023 - Important Great Britain, British Post Offices Abroad, Crowned Circles & B.E.
Lot: 341

xCROWNED CIRCLE HANDSTAMPS Guadeloupe 1865 (10 Jan.) entire to Philadelphia, marked "per mail via Havana", rated "2/-", bearing French Colonies 1859-65 imperf. 10c. and 40c. block of four and two singles (all roughly separated), showing good to fine "paid/at/guadeloupe" in red overstruck by handstruck "20", "pointe-a-pitre/guadeloupe" c.d.s. and, on reverse, red Guadeloupe double-arc d.s. overstruck by Boston c.d.s. and St. Thomas transit d.s. (13.1). A most attractive franking. S.G. CC1, £1800+ Estimate £ 1,500-1,800 provenance: J. Grant Glassco, November, 1969

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