Lot no. 6116

1866, cover to Berlin, franked with 1d. red, plate 88 horizontal pair and 9d straw, horizontal strip of three issues of Great Britain, cancelled with C35 Type 4 numeral used in Panama (Colombia), with 10c Colon, margins close to touching, cut into on left side, uncancelled but affixed at upper right, likely from an aborted plan to dispatch the cover from Chile, struck with Panama (20 Nov) and London Paid (16 Dec) datestamps, blue Berlin arrival backstamp (17 Dec), one 1d red adhesive faulty, one 9d straw with straight edge, small piece torn from back flap, light overall wrinkling, a most unusual and scarce franking; signed Holcombe, with his 1991 certificate.

Provenance:

Collection Georg D. Mehrtens, 2006.