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Auction: 6010 - Important Stamps & Covers of the World - Washington Philatelic Exhibition Auction
Lot: 61

British Honduras 1888 (Mar.) stampless envelope from New Orleans to Belize, rated "10 cents" in green crayon, showing oval "new orleans and belize/british honduras/royal mail s.s. line,/macheca bros., managers" cachet in violet, the only recorded example of the very rare "ship" handstamp applied to an incoming letter, and two strikes of Belize arrival c.d.s. Estimate US$ 4,000-5,000

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$3,800