Sale 989 — 2010 Rarities of the World
Sale Date — Saturday, 19 June, 2010
Category — 1869 Pictorial Issue and 1875 Re-Issue
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
123
2c Brown (113). Used with six 10c Brown (161) and tied by "N. York Steamship Nov. 13" circular datestamps on cover from Cuba to Barcelona, Spain, cover also bears four Cuba 25c Ultramarine (59) tied by indistinct strikes of oval florette cancels, Commission Merchant's printed return address on back, 1874 London transit, receiving backstamp, red crayon "86/2" rate, some flaws incl. staining around stamps and few affected from placement near edge of coverVERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE MIXED FRANKING -- MIXED COUNTRIES AND MIXED ISSUES -- PAYING POSTAGE FROM CUBA TO THE UNITED STATES AND BEYOND TO SPAIN.
There are ten mixed franking covers recorded sent from Cuba to Spain.
Ex Knapp
E. 7,500-10,000
8,500
