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Auction: SW1002 - Latin America, including the Tito Collection - Part I
Lot: 1000

1856, 60c. pale blue, an incredible example cancelled by red ´´Admon de Correos/20 Octe 1856/Montevideo´´ oval datestamp. Cut into at left and bottom, otherwise good to large margins. ´´Diligencia´´ covers were almost never subjected to post office handling, except in unusual cases. This handstamp was struck on mail routed through the Montevideo post office for the stage-coach office. In this case, it was very probably applied to the stamp in error, due to the fact that it was cancelled only few days after the stamp was issued, when rules were possibly not clear to postal employees. This is the only genuine example of ´´Diligencias´´ cancelled with contemporary handstamp, showing a striking and unique combination of colors that increase this showpiece´s desirability. (The pair in the Tapling collection has a posthumous cancel of different type). Of even greater significance, this stamp must also be regarded as the first date of usage of any handstamp on Uruguayan adhesives. Of utmost desirability from both the philatelic and postal history points of view. A gem of Uruguayan philately. Cert. Hernández Rocha. Ciardi 1c. Starting Price US$ 5,000

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$5,000