Lot 51337 – 1898 one of two reported examples of the 1c value on cover

1898 (Dec 28) Cover sent to Havana, franked with 1c on 1m and 2c on 2m orange-brown, first printing, tied by the Puerto Principe cds, with arrival cds for Havana dated Jan. 8 1899, slight imperfection to top right of envelope which by no means affect the significance, this being an extremely important provisional mailing with the 3c Spanish colonial rate for inter-island correspondence; there being thirty covers with stamps of this issue known but many of these are in the Cuban Postal Museum in Havana; one of two reported examples of the 1c value on cover; cert. P.F. (2014).