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Auction: SW1002 - Latin America, including the Tito Collection - Part I
Lot: 1154

1800, Oct 3. Entire letter from Rio de Janeiro to London with conveyance of the British "Coutts" brigantine, showing manuscript 80 réis single rate up to 4/8 oz, "Cor°. Do R. De Janro." (type 1, RHM P-RJ-33 = R$ 3,000) straight-line on dispatch. The 80 r. rat was altered by the British postal authorities to 2s1d, 5d being allocated to the Portuguese P.O. and 1s8d to the British including 2d to captain"s gratuity. Red "Port/British" (seldom seen) applied at Lisbon by the British consular agency and Portuguese "Lisbon", with "Foreign Office" backstamp. British postmarks on Brazilian mail prior to the Royal Edict of 1808 are virtually unknown. Illustrated in"Catálogo Enciclopédico de Selos & Historia Postal do Brasil" by Meyer on page 96a. The earliest cover known originating from Brazil exhibiting a British consular postmark. Starting Price US$ 1,500

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