By: Heinrich Koehler Auktionen
lot # 6593 - Overseas dominican republic
1876/81, Victoria 1sh. green, plate 12, horizontal pair together with 1d. red, plate 190, strip of three tied by barred "C87" to cover Genoa with cds. "ST. DOMINGO JA 11 77" alongside, originally declared as triple rate, with exceedingly rare boxed "INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID" (most likely applied in St. Thomas) and taxation "1S1½d" alongside. In London declared as double rate, and thus original taxation crossed out and red "LONDON PAID" applied, cover and stamps some faults, nonetheless a quite attractive and scarce entire with only two entires and one piece registered with the boxed "INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID"
Provenance: Robson Lowe (1969)
The André Bollen Collection (238th. Heinrich Köhler Auction, 1983)
Michel Z27,Z17
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