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Auction: SW1003A - Latin America, including The Tito collection Part II
Lot: 208

1859, 1/2r. orange, in a delicate radiant shade with wide to very large margins, on entire letter from La Guaira to Caracas, carried at single rate per 1/2 ounce for a distance not exceeding 25 miles, with the stamp tied by large ´´Guayra/Franca´´ double circle handstamp from the pre-adhesive period. This item, dated 7 January 1859 and thus demonstrating a significant usage in the first week of issue, is the third earliest cover recorded -with the other two showing a manuscript usage-. Therefore, this cover represents what is believed to be the earliest recorded handstamp usage in Venezuelan philately. Cert. Moorhouse, signed Holcombe. Ex Bustamante.

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