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Auction 40

Lot 25

[Gun] a remarkable 1914 Railway Mail Service illustrated ad cover from Puerto Rico to Paris, France, with San Juan Dec. 4 ("DEC" is backwards) R.M.S. cancel tying a 5¢ Washington-Franklin to make the correct UPU rate, with censor's tape and censor's handstamps (this was World War I), Very Fine. Scott 428.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500

An incredible usage from such a small Caribbean island - who knew that there even was a Railway Mail Service on the island! .

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