Auction Series 257-264 in Zurich Day 4

La Guayra 1865: Rasco 2 r. green, zig-zag roulette 9½, Stone I, with faint 'Q' in 'Paquete, two used examples on 1865 entire letter from Caracas to Bordeaux, each tied by "Correos / Caracas" undated circle in black and one also tied by the sender's cachet in blue, carried aboard the Steamer 'Robert Todd' to St. Thomas. Struck in London with 'GB / 1F 60c.' Accountancy marking in black, thence via Calais (Feb 28) and Paris to destination where charged '8' décimes to pay. A rare double rate cover. Signed A. Diena. Cert, Holcombe (1989).rnProvenance: Corinphila sale 80, March 1990, lot 6183.
Catalogue 261: Stamp Issuing Steamship Companies