“C51” St. Thomas on three 1870, 1/2d rose, plate 11, and 1875 1sh green, plate 12, 1876, on folded letter datelined Mayaguez, Porto Rico, 22 September, to Genova, Italy, blue commercial datestamp of Farbe & Co, postmarked with Mayaguez / Porto Rico / Paid c.d.s. (23 Sep), endorsed “via Inglesa” in manuscript, with red London PAID transit (16 Oct), c.d.s. arrival backstamp (18 Oct), pressed filing folds, a most attractive and scarce usage from the British Post Office in Puerto Rico via the Danish West Indies.
Provenance:
Collection Glassco, Robson Lowe, 25-7 November, 1969, lot 774
