Auction Series 257-264 in Zurich Day 2

1881 (Nov 7): Quetzal 20 c. yellow & green, a used example on 1883 entire entire letter to Bordeaux, neatly cancelled by violet obliterator with octagonal "Correos / Guatemala" datestamp (April 26) at right. Reverse with Bordeaux arrival cds (May 31). An exquisite entire, one of just three recorded commercial covers bearing a single franking of this stamp. Signed Calves.rnrnNote: The extraordinary Hennan collection of this issue (March 1975) possessed no example of this franking.
Catalogue 257: EUROPE & OVERSEAS