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Auction: 5023 - Important Great Britain, British Post Offices Abroad, Crowned Circles & B.E.
Lot: 311

xBRITISH POST OFFICES ABROAD Porto Rico Ponce 1877 (25 Apr.) envelope to USA, bearing 4d. vermilion Pl. 15 placed sideways and tied by "F88" obliterator, showing "ponce porto rico/paid" c.d.s. and two strikes of "new-york/due 5 cts" d.s. with, on reverse, St. Thomas transit d.s. (27.4); the envelope very slightly trimmed at right. A scarce franking Estimate £ 300-400 provenance: J. Grant Glassco, November 1969

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