U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
March 11-12, 2009

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Lot #925
GREAT BRITAIN British Offices Abroad
1856 (May 11) FL from Cadiz to Buenos Aires, franked with vertical pair of 2r (margins all around, except touching at top), tied by oval grids, with blue departure cds alongside, endorsed "Via Canarias" and "Paq. Anglais", supported by the rare black crowned circle "Paid at Teneriffe", with British Aug.16 Teneriffe and red Spanish "Santa Cruz de Teneriffe" (22 Aug), fine usage via the Canary Islands, with both British and Spanish markings (SG CC2)
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Catalog Value £ 3,750
Unsold
Lot #926
GREAT BRITAIN British Offices Abroad
1881 (Mar 11) small cover from Port au Prince to Paris, addressed to Ferdinand de Lesseps, builder of the Suez Canal, with a perfect strike of red crown circle "Paid at Port Au Prince", faint "1 1/2" (1sh 1p) rate mark in crayon at top, London transit and March (31 March) arrival pmks on back, v.f. and beautiful cover
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Unsold

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