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.