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Auction: SW1002 - Latin America, including the Tito Collection - Part I
Lot: 1185

1850, 60r. black, marginal vertical pair from the top of the sheet, clear to enormous margins, tied by dispatch cds on 6.7.1866 entire letter from Rio Grande do Sul to Manchester via Rio de Janeiro, where embarked on the French "Navarre". Anglo-French "FR/2F96C" exchange mark indicating French credit from the British P.O. for a partially or not prepaid letter, then embarked on the "Delph" (endorsement) and charged 1s 6d on delivery. The correct postage to be applied on dispatch should have been 200r., nevertheless since the letter left Rio Grande just five days after a decree establishing a new postal rate came into force, it is very likely that the notice of the rate alteration had not arrived at the local post offices, with the consequence of the letter receiving the "Insufficiente" oval h.s. (on back) at Rio. Very interesting and rare. RHM 14. Starting Price US$ 300

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