Corinphila Auction 291-297 Day 4

1866: Great Britain 1865/73 4 d. vermilion, plate 13, a single example used on 1866 cover Port au Prince to Marseille tied by "C59" British P.O. in Jacmel obliterator in black. Reverse with "Jacmel" cds (Jan 10), London transit cds (Jan 30) where struck with "GB / 1F 60c." in black. Marseille arrival (Jan 31) where taxed with handstruck '10' décimes to pay as the 4 d. only covered the 'Inter-island' rate. A fine and most unusual cover. Cert. BPA (2021).rnProvenance: Collection Jack Blanc.