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Auction: 20010 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1076

(x) British Honduras
Early Letters and Handstamps
The Guatemalan Mails
1862 (16 May) entire letter from London to Guatemala, bearing 1855-57 6d. lilac cancelled "12", showing "1" due to Belize Post Office, "6" Reales handstamp and, on reverse (part flap missing), despatch datestamp in blue and a light strike of the Belize datestamp (BSC1); one of five examples of this rare datestamp recorded and the earliest to Guatemala. Photo

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Estimate
£150 to £180

Starting price
£80