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lot # 6281 - brit. colonies british honduras
Cuthbert Brothers / St George's Caye Service 1895: Registered cover front bearing imperforate Typewritten violet on white laid paper "Caye / Service / 3 cents" (R.L. 43) tied by "CUTHBERT BROS." handstamp with "SEP 27 1895" in brown ink. The front addressed from St. George's Cay is franked by a further six different adhesives and shows registration number '15' in manuscript blue crayon and "Belize / British Honduras" cds (Sept 27). Thence via New York with registration label of transit to Kingston, Jamaica. A rarity on letter with just 8 recorded usages on front or cover. Signed Herbert Bloch. Cert. Brandon (1978).
Catalogue 261: Stamp Issuing Steamship Companies
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