Lot 143
Guam, 1899, 4¢ lilac brown (4), used with 8¢ violet brown (7), both tied by two strikes small, violet type 1.4 "AGANA ISLE/OF GUAM" handstamp and by matching "Jun 14 1900" datestamps (the earliest documented use of the 4¢) on a double-rate registered cover to Malden, Mass. via San Francisco; horizontal file fold across bottom. Very Fine.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Provenance: A.R.T. Collection
This is also the earliest recorded use of the type 1.4 "AGANA ISLE/OF GUAM".
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