U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
June 12-13, 2018

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #511
GUATEMALA
1871 5c light bister brown, well centered single tied by clear Guatemala April 31, 1874 cds ("31" inverted), with corresponding red "Correos de Guatemala Paquetes" ("74" inverted), on outer FL addressed to Antigua, fine and extraordinary cover bearing the "impossible dates", unique. (Antigua is a small city surrounded by volcanoes in southern Guatemala. It’s renowned for its Spanish colonial buildings, many of them restored following a 1773 earthquake that ended Antigua’s 200-year reign as Guatemala’s colonial capital)
Envelope
Catalog #2
Catalog Value $ 3,000
Price Realized
$2,700.00

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