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Auction: SW1002 - Latin America, including the Tito Collection - Part I
Lot: 1009

1856, 60c. blue, position 3, a magnificent top-sheet margin copy (5 cm), very fresh impression, cut into at left, otherwise clear to huge margins showing part of outer frame line of neighbouring adhesive at base, uncancelled, paying the single rate on 12 November 1858 entire letter from Montevideo to Maldonado. The carriage followed the route that linked Montevideo and Rocha, via Pando and San Carlos. One of fewer than five covers recorded bearing a marginal copy of this value. Cert. Moorhouse. Ciardi 1. Starting Price US$ 4,000

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$4,200