Lot 1472
Danish West Indies, 1873 (Dec. 18) Matanzas, Cuba to Buenos Aires, Argentina via St. Thomas, blue folded letter with St. Thomas c.d.s. and bearing G.B. 4d vermilion and U.S. 10¢ brown (161) with sheet selvage, both tied by blue crayon applied at the Argentine Post Office and matching "2/4" rating adjacent for inland postage due, Rio-de-Janeiro (1.27) arrival c.d.s., blue Francisco a Balli, Matanzas merchant handstamp; some light aging and horizontal file fold, Fine and scarce.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000
ONE OF ONLY APPROXIMATELY 15 RECORDED USAGES ON THIS ROUTE, THIS BEING ONE OF TWO WITH A RIO-DE-JANEIRO ARRIVAL DATESTAMP.
Letter was carried by Spanish packet from Matanzas, Cuba to St. Thomas with U.S. stamp affixed to prepay U.S. postage from St. Thomas to Rio via the United-States-Brazil Steamship Line "Merrimac". The letter transitted the Brazil Post Office, with 4d British stamp prepaying postage by the Pacific Steam Navigation Line "Magellan" to Argentina.
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| Realized $3,250 |
