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Auction: SW1002 - Latin America, including the Tito Collection - Part I
Lot: 1006

1856, 60c. blue, very fresh impression, showing two large margins, slightly cut into at top and base (bottom value tablet just touched, otherwise good margin), with faint corner crease, used on March 14, 1857 entire letter from Yaguarao, a small Brazilian town on the Uruguay border, close to Artigas, addressed to Minas, at the beginning of its journey forwarded by Don Manuel Núñez (endorsement at bottom left), then carried by the stagecoach route Artigas-Melo-Treinta y Tres-Montevideo, where it changed route to final destination via Pando. A very important cover in unusually fine condition, further enhanced by the forwarding endorsement, also being the only recorded cover originating from Brazil. Cert. Hernández Rocha, signed Díaz Paulos. Ciardi 1. Ex Jewell. Starting Price US$ 15,000

Sold for
$15,000