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Auction: SW1002 - Latin America, including the Tito Collection - Part I
Lot: 1004

1856, 60c. pale blue, position 22, excellent detailed impression, brilliant color, enormous margins for the most part with portions of outer frame lines of adjoining stamps, cut into slightly at base, on entire letter routed from Unión (a small village close to Montevideo), via Santa Lucía stagecoach relay station to San José, tied by pen stroke. Dated 2 November 1856, one of the earliest usages recorded, being only a month after the ´´Diligencia´´ stamps were issued. One of only three covers recorded franked in this pale shade. Cert. Hernández Rocha. Ciardi 1c. Ex Eliçabe. Starting Price US$ 2,500

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