373rd Heinrich Köhler auction - Day 1

1871 (ca.), white label with blue border and handstamp "St. Lucia Steam Conveyance Cy Ltd.", fresh colour and close to good margins, used with pen stroke, a very fine copy of this very rare stamp with only a total of 6 used copies recorded, no unused examples are known, the only recorded cover has been permanently lost some years ago, signed Diena and others
Provenance: The Julius Steindler Collection "Shipping Companies stamps" (Robson Lowe 1972)
                      ex Chiavarello