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Auction: SW1006 - The Collector's Series, including important Chile and Portugal
Lot: 563

1854, 10c. blue, touched at top right, full to ample margins in other respects, on 18 Dec. 1858 entire letter from Nacimiento to Santiago, with the franking being cancelled in transit, before embarkation for maritime carriage to Santiago, by two strikes of blue six-bars targets, with matching "Concepcion/21 Dcbre 58" c.d.s. in centre. Brian Moorhouse states in his certificate: "This is a late use of the Desmadryl stamps. However, this is probably accounted for by the fact that Nacimiento is a small town situated about 50 miles south-east of Concepcion and its quite likely that such a small place may well have a stock of older stamps to be used up". A rare cancellation usage in blue on this issue, further enhanced by the very late usage. Cert. Moorhouse. SFC 6.

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