1875, Hamburg America Packet Company, 10c black, blue-green, & yellow, on folded letter datelined La Guaira, 9 October, cancelled with black target, endorsed “por Lotharingia”, to Carupano, conveyed via St. Thomas where the adhesive was affixed, light filing folds, an unusual usage between two Venezuelan cities, a direct route between La Guaira and Carupano being shorter; with 1898 Holcombe certificate.