Lot
2529 
Guatemala, 1871, Coat of Arms, 1c Ocher, in combination with 1871, Coat of Arms, 5c bister brown (2) on 1871 cover to Ramon Rodriguez in Mazatenango, tied together by barred 1 oval handstamp with "Correos, Guatemala, Oct 28, 1871" origin cds; cover file fold and lightly cleaned, otherwise Very Fine, an exhibition item of the foremost importance, ex-Spycher. Scott No. 1 Estimate $5,000 - 7,500.
AN EXTREMELY RARE 1871 COAT OF ARMS COMBINATION FRANKING TO MAZATENANGO.
Goodman records five first issue covers with the 1 centavo adhesive, including this example, however a further example has come to light (F-W Lange collection) since the handbook was published; of these six covers just three were used in the 'decimal' period (March 1 1871 until January 26, 1872) prior to Guatemala reverting to their former currency in January 1872 and there are only two recorded 6 centavo internal frankings.