The Mahendra Sagar Collection of Inverted Centers
October 5-6, 2011

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #239
GUATEMALA
1911 Post Office, 25c blue and black, center inverted, used with an upright example on cover addressed to Monsi€Gaston Soupey, Secretaire de la Legation de France in Guatemala, cancelled and tied to envelope with boxed violet Servicio Express Jun 1 1915 pmk with Salida 3 PM in manuscript and Recibida a (no manuscript time written) hand stamps on front; additionally franked on reverse with Guatemala 6c Temple of Minerva (Scott's No.117), fine, with 2007 Alex Rendon certificate. According to an article by Brian Moorhouse "Not only is this cover a unique example of the 25c inverted center on cover, it may also be the earliest recorded example of a franked Express Delivery cover." A great rarity from Guatemala
Envelope
Catalog #141,141a
Unsold

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