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Auction: SW1015 - The Philatelic Collector's Series
Lot: 135

1859, 2r. rose red, a large margined copy displaying complete frame lines, paying single postage up to 1/2 ounce for conveyance from La Guaira to St. Thomas, on 22 January 1859 cover from La Guaira to Bordeaux, tied by large ''Correos de Venezuela/Guayra Franca'' double circle from the pre-adhesive period, the cover being carried from St. Thomas by British steamer to England with Anglo-French ''GB/1F60c'' accountancy marking per single weight letter. Manuscript endorsement on reverse by forwarding agent: ''Acheminée par Luis F. García/La Guaira le 24 Janvier 1859''. Addressee's name cut out as found in other several covers from this period. A very significant cover in Venezuelan philately as one of only two recorded bearing this denomination cancelled by this elusive cancellation, as well as demonstrating a unique usage for this stamp in the first month of issue, thus pre-dating by more than two weeks the earliest previously recorded. Cert. Moorhouse. Ex Hubbard.

Estimate
€4,500