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Auction: SW1002 - Latin America, including the Tito Collection - Part I
Lot: 1043

1858, 180c. green, type 24, a delightful and very fresh example, deep shade, large balanced margins all around, paying a double weight letter sheet from Montevideo to Buenos Aires (Armstrong correspondence), lightly tied by Montevideo oval datestamp. A very desirable and fine franking, being one of at most only seven covers bearing this value in existence. Cert. Hernández Rocha and Holcombe. Ciardi 5. Ex Sciarra, Seybold and Burrus. Starting Price US$ 7,500

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$13,000