Azores
Portuguese Colony Counterstamped 1200 Reis ND (1887) XF Details (Cleaned) NGC, cf. KM29.3 (host undocumented). Displaying crowned GP counterstamp (AU Strong) on a Spanish 1813/2 M-IG 8 Reales of Ferdinand VII (cf. KM477; overdate unlisted). An ideal constellation of rarities--an already quite elusive Azores counterstamp finding itself on an apparently unpublished host type with an apparently unpublished overdate. The host, moreover, for its part possesses a handsome degree of eye-appeal, the surfaces lightly aged and toned, and evidence of cleaning remaining slight and unobtrusive.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 500-700 USD