Auction 265th - 273rd - Day 1

RMSP / PSNC 1865: Entire letter from Liverpool to Lima, Peru at double rate, endorsed "P. W. India Str. from Southampton" and franked by 1865/67 1 s. green pl. 4 single and strip of three, tied by 'Liverpool / 466' duplexes (June 1). Carried on the RMSP "Tasmanian" to St. Thomas and the "Eider" to Colon. Struck with PANAMA double arc transit (June 24) in black and transhipped to PSNC vessel to Callao. Lima arrival cds on reverse of a slightly soiled but scarce entire. Illustrated in Edition D'Or 59 on page 233.