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Auction: SW1002 - Latin America, including the Tito Collection - Part I
Lot: 1209

1869, Jan 30. Entire letter from Pernambuco to Figueira, paying the single rate to Portugal with 1866 20r. brown-lilac on bluish paper, vertical strip of three with full sheet-margin at top showing "American Bank"" imprint, cleanly tied by dotted grids with violet entry-cds at Lisbon as French transatlantic mail after being conveyed by the "Navarre", charged "150" to be collected on delivery. The largest multiple known on cover of the unusual 20r.  on bluish paper. Starting Price US$ 400

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