THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE
OF THE "PRINCIPE" CANCELLATION ON A "BULL'S EYE" COVER
cover VILLA DO PRINCIPE on 30r Black, intermediate impression (1), a superb horizontal pair, with large margins, showing framelines at left and bottom, on reverse of neat 1845 (12 April) folded letter headed 'Lapa' to 'Coretiba', cancelled by a central strike of the very rare 'Principe' handstamp in brown, of exceptional rarity and quality, one of the gems of the collection, ex Newbury est.
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cover VILLA DO PRINCIPE on 30r Black, intermediate impression (1), a superb horizontal pair, with large margins, showing framelines at left and bottom, on reverse of neat 1845 (12 April) folded letter headed 'Lapa' to 'Coretiba', cancelled by a central strike of the very rare 'Principe' handstamp in brown, of exceptional rarity and quality, one of the gems of the collection, ex Newbury est.