Rare 1936 Airmail cover to Brazil signed Anthony Eden 5s Seahorse + 2 x 1s
Stock Code: 551b
Availability: In Stock
Availability: In Stock
Price: £775.00
1936 a special Foreign Office mourning envelope for the passing of George V, addressed to Santos, Brazil, bearing two examples of the 1934 1/- photogravure issue together with a 5/- “Re-engraved” Waterlow “Seahorse” issue paying the Air Mail rate via Berlin.The front of the envelope bears the Passport Office oval handstamp, which is counter signed by the Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden himself “A. Eden” with adhesives being tied by a London c.d.s. for 28 SP 36. A rare and most unusual cover.
