Lot Essay
Provenance: ex Grunin est.
TWENTY-FOUR CENTS GRAY LILAC
FOUR-COLOR COMBINATION FRANKING
cover 24c Gray Lilac (37), three singles, one has natural straight edge at right, used with 1c Blue type V (24), 3c Dull Red (26) and 5c Brown type II (30A), two singles of each, stamps have some small faults, tied by red grids on reverse of July 1860 Augustine Heard & Co. correspondence folded letter to Shanghai, China, ms. '48' credit, red London transit on the front, Hong Kong receiving backstamps next to the stamps,
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cover 24c Gray Lilac (37), three singles, one has natural straight edge at right, used with 1c Blue type V (24), 3c Dull Red (26) and 5c Brown type II (30A), two singles of each, stamps have some small faults, tied by red grids on reverse of July 1860 Augustine Heard & Co. correspondence folded letter to Shanghai, China, ms. '48' credit, red London transit on the front, Hong Kong receiving backstamps next to the stamps,
VERY FINE, ONE OF THE MOST COLORFUL AND UNUSUAL USAGES OF THE TWENTY-FOUR CENTS STAMP IN EXISTENCE, THE COVER PAYS THE DOUBLE FORTY-FIVE CENTS RATE TO CHINA BY BRITISH MAIL VIA MARSEILLES, VERY SCARCE
VERY FINE, ONE OF THE MOST COLORFUL AND UNUSUAL USAGES OF THE TWENTY-FOUR CENTS STAMP IN EXISTENCE, THE COVER PAYS THE DOUBLE FORTY-FIVE CENTS RATE TO CHINA BY BRITISH MAIL VIA MARSEILLES, VERY SCARCE