Lot 42292 – 1873, 1c grey lilac, showing inverted overprint with mostly large margins, together with 2c green, two large margined examples, making up a 5c franking to

1873, 1c grey lilac, showing inverted overprint with mostly large margins, together with 2c green, two large margined examples, making up a 5c franking to pay the single rate up to 1/2 oz on envelope from La Guaira to Caracas, endorsed « pr. B.S. Willard », tied by « CORREOS/LA GUAIRA » double circle, cover somewhat topicalized, a highly appealing cover exhibiting a very unusual combination of colours in the classic period, with only three covers recorded bearing this franking; cert. Moorhouse (2015), signed Holcombe; ex Heister.