Lot 2666

✉ VENEZUELA. 1866 (April 15). LE HAVRE to CARUPANO. Originally endorsed "Par Steamer anglais via Southampton" for an RMSP ship`, franked by faulty 1862/63 80 c. carmine tied by "1769" gros chiffres with LE HAVRE cds adjacent (April 16) and framed P.P. in red. Sorting altered due to the next RMSP sailing on May 2, and sent on the "Tencuag" with three line handstamp HAMBOURG AMERICAN / LINIE TENCUAG / CPD. POOR 18 APRIL 66 in black (CPd= Carriage Paid?). Reverse with British P.O. ST. THOMAS double arc cds (May 2) in black. Illustrated in Edition D'Or 59 on page 159. The cachet and cover believed unique by this German Line, carried five years before HAPAG operated. Ex col. Von Strokirch and E. dos Santos.