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Auction: SW1015 - The Philatelic Collector's Series
Lot: 84

1856, 80c. deep green, position 13, huge margins on two sides with large portion of neighbour stamp at top, cut into at left, slightly in at bottom not impinging on the tablet value, unusually cancelled, showing pen cross, on cover endorsed ''Por Diligencias'' from Montevideo via Santa Lucía stagecoach relay station to San José, dated May 5, 1858, carried at double rate matching the list of prices originally enclosed, mentioned inside. To our knowledge, the only recorded cover bearing this dark green shade in the small group of, only eight, covers known with this value. Cert. Hernández Rocha, signed Díaz Paulos. Ciardi 2a. Ex Hoffmann.

Estimate
€15,000