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Auction: SW1015 - The Philatelic Collector's Series
Lot: 149

1866, 1/2r. claret, postal forgery, type I, very large margins for the most part, used to pay the domestic rate on arrival, on 4 February 1869 cover from Liverpool (Great Britain) to Caracas, endorsed ''Per 'Australiano' '', franked on dispatch by 1867 1s. green, plate 4 (S.G. 24), tied by ''Liverpool/466'' duplex, probably paying a single rate up to 1/2oz. The cover was transferred at La Guaira to ''Hernández & Rivodó'' who acted as forwarding agent, with blue oval cachet at bottom left, this company being responsible for consigning the letter to the La Guaira P.O., after the application of this 1866 postal forgery, with no post office objection, which was tied by ''Admon La Guaira'' cds on February 28 and paid the single rate for the first domestic distance to final destination. Although we can not state with confidence the route this cover took, it is worth mentioning that some covers, recorded with the red ''Paid/B'' oval handstamp (on front), were carried via Cuba. Incoming mail forwarded by the addition of local stamps is very scarce, which is of even more significant in this case by the fact that this cover has the very rare attribute of being additionally franked by a postal forgery, this second type is far scarcer on cover than the first type. Cert. Moorhouse and Holcombe. Ex Heister.

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