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Auction: SW1002 - Latin America, including the Tito Collection - Part I
Lot: 1070

1859, 120c. blue, handsome radiant color, large to huge margins, used on single weight cover up to 4 ´´adarmes´´ from Montevideo to Corrientes (Argentina), tied by Montevideo red oval handstamp, dated July 7, 1859. Stamp also tied by black double oval ´´Franca´´ of Paraná, applied on entry into Argentina, matching ornate oval ´´Administración General/De/Correos del Paraná´´ at bottom left . The second earliest recorded cover of this issue, being also one of only two covers known with the adhesives also tied by an Argentinean postmark. An exceptional combination, making this a gem featuring different aspects of importance and rarity for this issue. Cert. Hernández Rocha, Holcombe and Miro. Ciardi  10. Ex Sciarra. Starting Price US$ 2,500

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