Lot 3412
Marshall Islands 1898 (6 Feb.) large piece of cover to Hamburg, bearing 50pf lilac brown (V50d) and 20pf Jaluit overprint (4 I) tied by greenish blue Jaluit c.d.s.s., F-VF. A rare mixed franking at six times the 20pf rate. Estimate 4,000 - 6,000
Expertization: 1994 F. Steuer Certificate.
Provenance: Fuchs, Willkommen
The overprinted 50pf was not available until November of 1899 simply because there was a large supply of the German 50pf still on hand.
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