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Auction: SW1015 - The Philatelic Collector's Series
Lot: 150

1866-69, 1r. vermilion, two single copies, one of wich showing top sheet margin, plus diagonal half bisect, very attractive with large margins for the most part, all paying a 2 1/2 Reales franking which corresponds to the weight from 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 ounces, for the first distance, on undated cover from La Guaira to Caracas, tied by several strikes of ''Correos/La Guaira'' double circle without date. Filing fold at left which just impinges on the left-hand adhesive, being hardly visible. A visually striking franking, which is the only combination recorded of this kind. Cert. Moorhouse, signed Roura. Scott 20, 20a. Ex Villasmil and Heister.

Estimate
€1,500