Lot no. 6173

Guadeloupe: 1889 cover, franked with 25c on 20c red on yellow-green Commerce, cancelled with Guadeloupe / Pointe-a-Pitre double-circle c.d.s. (5 Mar), paying the registered letter rate to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, endorsed “voie Anglaise”, with Basse-Terre (6 Mar), St. Thomas (9 Mar), New York (23 Mar), St. John NB (26 Mar), and Halifax (27 Mar) backstamps, scarce and most attractive.