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Auction: SW1020 - Maritime Mail of Spanish Colonies in America
Lot: 186

MexicoOutgoing Mail1839, April 1st. Entire letter from Guaymas to Arenys de Mar (Spain), carried by the ship "Norma" as endorsed at lower left, with neat strike of "Yndias" straight-line handstamp (P.E. 5), scarcely applied in blue. Some aging caused by vinegar which was sprayed during the disinfection process, additionally treated with small slits making up an infrequent shape. Transit of Veracruz on reverse. Charged at 6 reales and 8 maravedíes in manuscript (only four transatlantic letters are known with the Catalonian double charge).

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€600