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Auction: SW1002 - Latin America, including the Tito Collection - Part I
Lot: 1086

1859, 240c. vermilion, the spectacular pair, types 13-14, large margins on all four sides, used in combination with well margined 1860 thick figures 60c. brown lilac, paying a high weight rate up to 2 ounces on 17 October 1862 cover from Montevideo to Buenos Aires, tied by Montevideo oval datestamps. One of the most significant covers of this issue, bearing the largest multiple and only recorded pair on cover of this, the highest denomination of the ´´Figures´´ Issues. Of consummate beauty in every regard. Cert. Hernández Rocha. Ciardi 12, 13. Ex Caspary, Díaz/Mercedes and Hubbard. Starting Price US$ 15,000

Estimate
$15,000