Lot number 744
(Public auction of April 17th/18th, 2010 - Cat. 15 (currency EURO))
Index > overseas > venezuela > classic period: Lot 744
| Date of lot | |
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| Lot number | 744 |
| Description |
1859, 1/2 r. orange, a remarkable strip of six, showing an outstandingly refulgent colour, margins varying from clear to large, except for touching at left and cut slightly into in one position at top, paying a short distance rate up to 25 miles on cover not exceeding 2 ounces from Caracas to La Guaira (Boulton correspondence), endorsed ''Por 2° Correo Dic. 9'' with multiple tied by blue ''Correos/Caracas'' cds's. Docketing inside dated 9 December 1861, demonstrating a very late usage for this stamp -fine impression sheets of this value, after having been ''hidden'' when they were covered by the coarse impression sheets which were subsequently issued and piled up over the previously issued fine impression sheets of the same denomination, came into use in December 1861-. Multiple affected by slight horizontal and vertical crease, which was lifted for examination and placed back, slightly shifted at right, onto cover. The largest multiple known on cover of the ''Number One'' -first issue and therefore fine impression-, of which only two are believed to exist, with the added significance of the interesting late usage. One of the important postal history rarities of Venezuelan philately. Cert. Moorhouse, signed Holcombe. Scott 1a. Ex Gebauer.
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| Starting price | EUR 3'000.00 |
| Price realised (incl. com.) | EUR 8'400.00 |
