Lot 30797 – 1903 Envelope from Cuidad Bolivar to London, carried

1903 Envelope from Cuidad Bolivar to London, carried privately by the Orinoco river to Trinidad; no doubt to avoid the English blockade; and then posted on board a steamship from Trinidad to Barbados where a 1901 1d Trinidad adhesive was added and cancelled by Barbados cds, then it would have been transferred to the sea mail to London, to the front a fine strike of “Posted on Board” , to the reverse a London hooded arrival dated ‘OC 22’, a fine and scarce cover; cert. Meri (2019).