Auction 333-341 Europe & Overseas Americas (North, Central & South America) - Day 1

1855 (April): Perkins Bacon 5c. red-brown on blued, wmk. 2, a large margined horizontal strip of three of lovely rich colour, neatly cancelled by two strikes of the target handstamp in black. Exquisite.
Provenance: Collection Joaquin Galvez, Corinphila sale 62, May 1979, lot 3394; collection Dr. Norman Hubbard, Corinphila sale 131, Oct 2001, lot 6240.