Lot no. 6149

"S.TOMAS", octogonal handstamp in red, clear strike on reverse of entire letter from Paris 1846 to Puerto Rico, privately carried to Guadeloupe, and from here posted with frontside cds. "POINTE-A-PITRE GUADELOUPE 13 OCT. 1886". Frontside notation "Europa 4½ s" (sols) cancelled and corrected on reverse to "8½ S". Slightly stained, but still fine and scarce