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Auction: 164 - The "Inclinados" Issues of Brazil including "Bull's Eye" Paper
Lot: 70

1845 90r black, types I and II, intermediate impression, and 10r black, intermediate impression, five 90r examples on yellowish paper including marginal pair from the top of the sheet, type II, together with single and pair, these three being type I, also marginal but from the bottom of the sheet, all with excellent margins showing outer frame lines, in combination with 10r vertical strip of three, all tied by red ''V. Diamantina'' oval handstamps on judicial wrapper from Diamantina to Serro, 480 Réis franking paying the weight of 8.5 pounds as per Decree 254 of November 29, 1842 for a ''paper of legal proceedings'', believed to be a unique franking, representing the largest 90r franking recorded on a postal document featuring a postal marking, representing one of the most spectacular items of this issue; 2010 Moorhouse certificate; RHM 4, 7+7A;

Estimate
$12,500 to $15,000