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Auction: SW1002 - Latin America, including the Tito Collection - Part I
Lot: 1022

1856, 1r. red, position 8, delicate neat impression and rich shade, touched at left, clear to mostly wide margins in other sides, on entire letter to Tacuarembó dated 14 January 1859, thus demonstrating a late use. The carriage was carried out completing the stagecoach route that linked Montevideo and Tacurembó, with intermediate relay stations: Las Piedras-Canelones-Florida-Durazno. Minor edge splitting at top. The scarcest value used on cover of the ´´Diligencia´´ Issues, with only five covers recorded. Certs. Moorhouse, P.F. and Chiavarello. Ciardi 3. Ex Hoffmann. Starting Price US$ 10,000

Sold for
$14,000