5c Red Brown (1). Large margins to clear, bright shade, cleaned-plate impression, cancelled by black "PAID" handstamp and tied by red rectangular "DEBOURS ETRANGERS / TAXE REDUITE / PORT BELGE" accountancy handstamp (with rates in blue ink) on blue piece, red "U.S. Express Mail, N. York Oct. 8" circular datestamp at left, Very Fine, the use of the black handstamp in connection with an Express Mail postmark is highly unusual, we can only marvel at what this full cover looked like, ex Stollnitz, Saadi and Gross, with 1979 P.F. certificate

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