Bidspirit auction | Angola * 1902 – D.

Angola * 1902 – D. Carlos I, Diogo Neto type, with surcharge. MF63, 65 s/ 10 reis, violet-red, chalky paper, perforated 12 ¾, type I. Single copy in an envelope circulated from Benguela to Malvern (26.09.04) with transit through Lisbon (21.09.04), to pay the first ratefor letters sent abroad weighing up to 15g. (Table published in the Official Gazette of Angola No. 10 of 17.03.03). Cancelled with a 9-bar blank stamp in violet, used as a replacement mark in Benguela due to damage to the dated stamp. Transported from Benguela to Lisbon by the packet boat Ambaca. Specimen without damage or repairs.