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Auction: 5023 - Important Great Britain, British Post Offices Abroad, Crowned Circles & B.E.
Lot: 314

xBRITISH POST OFFICES ABROAD United States of America New Orleans 1842 (22 Sept.) entire to Belgium, marked "pr Royal Mail", variously rated, showing Belgian accountancy marking and, on reverse, very fine strike of the extremely rare "new orleans" double-arc d.s. in red. Stated to be one of two recorded covers. B.P.A. Certificate (1985) Estimate £ 6,000-8,000 provenance: Stanley Gibbons Auctions, January 1981

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