61st AUCTION - day 4

Venezuela: 1863/1864, Eagle 1r. blue vertically bisected bottom marginal copy us

Venezuela

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1863/1864, Eagle 1r. blue vertically bisected bottom marginal copy used as ½r. rate on lettersheet from Cagua 24 May 1865 to La Guaira, clearly obliterated by "Cagua" in manuscript, file fold through adhesive, entire reinforced. A similar entire was illustrated in Wickersham handbook page 38. Vertical bisects are rarer than diagonal bisects, fewer than ten bisects of this value used on cover are recorded. Signed Andreas von Lind and Holcombe. Ex Dr.Heister, lot 1285.

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Condition: Cover

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Catalog number(s): Sc. 13b, Mi. 10 H