Lot no. 1096

1 r. yellow. good margins all around, little tear at lower right, paying the internal postage, tied by cds. "QUITO 3 FEB 69" to enevelope to Paris, transferred at Guayaquil to the British P.O. with corresponding double arc datestamp on reverse, for carriage by PSNC steamer to Panama, thence placed on H.M. packet to England. Anglo-French "GB/1F90c" accountancy marking applied on mail up to 30gr. from the Pacific coast, with french entry and "12" decimes due marking, this crossed out and correctly marked with "24". Cover with minor faults, s very rare cover to a transatlantic destination, signed Holcombe with certificate and certificate Moorhouse (Scott Nr. 2a)