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Auction: SW1015 - The Philatelic Collector's Series
Lot: 193

1863, June 27. Entire letter from Pointe à Pitre to Bordeaux, carried at double rate, with rimless dispatch c.d.s. at left,  initially embarked on the “Cacique” of the “Ligne Annexe” operating from Martinique to Guadeloupe (the so-called “Service des Iles du Vent”), and then transhipped at Fort de France to the “Vera Cruz” paquebot. Rare ”Corresp. D'Armées/Vera-Cruz" octagon (Salles fig. 1334), which probably applied in error and crossed out by red crayon, and “Martinique/Vera-Cruz” datestamp (Salles fig. 1326). Rated “6” décimes for unpaid letters up to 7 1/2 grams. An extremelly rare and desirable cover. Salles = RR, ‘pièce d’amateur’ + 600. Ex Dubus and Berkinshaw-Smith.

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