Lot 51427 – 1898 3c on 1m one of five recorded covers from the third printing

1898 Cover sent to Havana, franked with 3c on 1m orange-brown, third printing, position 1, tied by indistinct cds, blue cachet to reverse, vertical and horizontal creasing, tear reinforced to prevent splitting and part of side and back missing, which do not detract from the prestige of this rare use of a 3c Spanish colonial rate for island mail; one of five recorded covers from the third printing; ex Prats.