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Auction: 6027 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 1819

Brazil 1875 (April) envelope from Rio de Janeiro to Antwerp, Belgium marked "pr. Tycho Brahe", bearing 1866 Dom Pedro 10r. vermilion, 50r. blue and rare usage of 500r. orange-yellow tied in black, showing framed "d.p." alongside in black and, on reverse, London transit in red and Anvers arrival (9.4.), framed "unpaid" in black struck in Antwerp and charged 1fr. 50c. due in manuscript; small opening tears at top but a splendid and colourful franking. S.G. 43, 45 ,49a. From the Estate of the Late Count Albéric du Chastel de la Howardries (1842-1919). Photo Estimate £ 400-500

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