Lot 51340 – 1898 one of two known registered mail receipts with Puerto Principe frankings

1898 Registered mail receipt from a correspondence originating in Yaguarachi (Ecuador), franked with 2c on 2m orange-brown, first printing, position 3, tied by blue Puerto Principe cds in January 1899; some creasing and imperfection at top; a very rare 2c Spanish colonial rate for this type of postal document; one of two known registered mail receipts with Puerto Principe franking (both included in this sale); ex Manning.