Lot 42284 – 1863-65, 2r green, on the earliest recorded cover

1863-65, 2r green, bottom-sheet marginal example, complete to huge margins (only part of frame line missing at right), tied by dispatch cds on Nov. 9, 1863 entire letter from La Guaira to Caracas, a spectacular cover. There are only six covers so far recorded bearing this stamp complete (not being a half bisect or a quarter bisect), which was intended for usage on external mail only; of these six covers, this is the only example used on inland mail, which is further enhanced by being the earliest recorded usage of this stamp; cert. Asofilca (2011).