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Auction: SW1020 - Maritime Mail of Spanish Colonies in America
Lot: 161

LouisianaIndependent Period1813, July 1. Entire letter, written in Spanish, from New Orleans to Veracruz (Mexico), carried by the "Proserprina" schooner as denoted at lower left, presumably struck in Havana with "3" rate marking for an unpaid single-weight maritime letter, and "Yndias" straight-line handstamp, both in black. The "Yndias" handstamp is identical to the type previously used in New orleans. As the post office was closed with the end of the Spanish dominion in Louisiana in 1803, this postmark may have been taken to Havana. An extraordinary usage of the "Yndias" handstamp of New Orleans applied outside this city. Cert. Comex. Ex Kouri.

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