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Auction: SW1020 - Maritime Mail of Spanish Colonies in America
Lot: 54

CubaOutgoing Mail1813, Aug. 9. Undated cover from Havana to Málaga (Spain), including full contents inside, carried by the "San Félix" brig, handstamped by "Havana/Franco" oval (P.E. 15) and "Islas De/Barlovento" in two lines (P.E. 33), both applied on dispatch. Manuscript notation on reverse "pagó 4rs." denoting the payment of postage on dispatch, and the name of the sender who paid this fee: Juan Manuel del Pilar Manzano. One of two or three items recorded with these postmarks simultaneously used; to be noted the quite unusual practice of prepaying the postage on departure. Ex Kouri.

Estimate
€400