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Auction: SW1020 - Maritime Mail of Spanish Colonies in America
Lot: 112

CubaIncoming Mail1829, March 16. Entire letter from Barcelona to Havana, handwritten on reverse "Encaminada por S.S. Pérez Hernd. y Ca." denoting the involvement of a forwarding agent in the carriage of this letter, following application of "España" & "4" notations in manuscript on front at Havana, both being contemporaneously applied by the same postal clerk before postmarking the front with matching "España" straight-line handstamp in black (P.E. 28), with the 4 reales, to be collected from the recipient, paying the single rate. In Spain and its Colonies, letters forwarded by private agents are very scarce, as this practice was forbidden and fined. The only cover recorded bearing the extensively used "España" marking in manuscript.

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€1,200