Lot 30799 – 1903, Envelope sent from Carúpano to Trinidad on steamship

1903 Envelope sent from Carúpano to Trinidad on steamship “2” franked with four separate values from the rare Carúpano Maritime Blockade stamps – comprising 5c red on sand coloured paper, 25c black on orange, 50c black on rose and 1b lilac on grey tied by the “Correos de Venezuela Carúpano Office” circular mark, with an arrival “Port of Spain Trinidad” dated ‘AP 27’, cover mutilated presumably to remove high value label stamps, apparent faults and fragile of absolutely no significance for this unique cover; an exceptional use of these stamps which were issued by the local authorities during the English-German blockade and were very short lived; ex Gebauer and Rosich.