Lot no. 6159

1864, Waterlow printing 2 reales green, tied by cds. "CORREOS LA GUAIRA AGO 25" (1864) to lettersheet with combination franking Spanish West Indies 1857, 1 real green (cut into at bottom and affected by vertical cover crease), addressed to San Juan de Puerto Rico and mailed via St. Thomas with frontside octagonal blue "S. TOMAS" and adjacent handstamp "1"; the stamp cancelled upon arrival, paying the inland fee. Slight erosions in the top portion of the address panel and the 2 reales with small termite hole; all together a fine and extremely rare entire. Certificate Philatelic Foundation (2008) (Facit LG 2+ Scott 13)