Stamps and Postal History of Spain, featuring China, Colombia – Prephilatelic Spanish period –, British Colonies, Japan, Portugal and Switzerland

GUATEMALA. 1876 (Nov. 29). Cover from GUATEMALA CITY to Feliciano Garcia, private secretary of the President of Guatemala in QUETZALTENANGO; mailed with ´Timbre de Guatemala´ Fiscal ½ reales orange tied by GUATEMALA datestamp in black. CORREOS DE PAQUETES / GUATEMALA cds in red on the same day. Readdressed back to Guatemala City on arrival. The sole known example of this usage in the classic period. Ex collection N. Hubbard, M. Spycher.