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Auction: SW1002 - Latin America, including the Tito Collection - Part I
Lot: 1117

1861, 100c. pale rose, type 5, a very fresh example with large balanced margins all around, used in combination with 80c. yellow orange, type 11, featuring break in lower frame line, clear to large even margins, both tied to October 18, 1862 cover to Buenos Aires by Montevideo oval datestamp, paying a double weight letter rate to external destination, carried by very scarcely used ´´Menai´´ vessel. The finest cover of only two with this franking in existence, the other exhibiting the stamps uncancelled. A most desirable classic combination of quality and rarity for exhibition. Cert. Hernández Rocha, signed Holcombe. Ciardi 14, 15. Starting Price US$ 5,000

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