Ordre d'achat - Galerie Dreyfus

8 THE FIRST ISSUE BISECT COVER. 1849: 20c. blue, the vertically bisected example F 75 000 - 100 000
(right half of the stamp) used on 1852 entire letter to Courtrai with
manuscript notation alongside “Demi timbre de vingt centimes découpé à défaut
de timbres de dix centimes” and signed by sender; the numeral cancellation “10”
applied over stamp and manuscript notation. Avelghem cds in red at upper right
(March 11) and Courtray arrival cds on reverse of the same day. The entire
letter is matched with a further example from this correspondence, mailed a
month later utilising a 10c. adhesive. A fantastic pair and a ‘non pareil’ of Belgian postal history.
Cat. Yvert 1+2
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