5 c. red-brown with just shaved to large margins, tied to part paid entire letter from "SANTIAGO14 MARZO 55" to Bordeaux, endorsed "Par voie de Panama et d'Angleterre"; adjacent "PANAMA / TRANSIT" in red and on reverse London transit mark.in red. Charged '21' décimes handstruck in black; tariff of August 1849 for a single letter. Fine and rare usage of this early issue on an entire to Europe. Signed Peter Holcombe, certificate Moorhouse (2009) (Scott 3)
Provenance: 233 Heinrich Köhler auction (1981)
