Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 1 - Single Lots: Europe and Colonies, incl. Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries

1876, folded letter datelined Mayaguez, Porto Rico, 22 September, to Genova, Italy, franked with three 1870 1/2d rose, plate 11, and 1875 1sh green, plate 12, tied by vertical oval C51 obliterator of St. Thomas, blue commercial datestamp of Farbe & Co, postmarked with Mayaguez / Porto Rico / Paid c.d.s. (23 Sep), endorsed “via Inglesa” in manuscript, with red London PAID transit (16 Oct), c.d.s. arrival backstamp (18 Oct), pressed filing folds, a most attractive and scarce usage from the British Post Office in Puerto Rico via the Danish West Indies.
Provenance:
Collection Glassco, Robson Lowe, 25-7 November, 1969, lot 774