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Auction: SW1002 - Latin America, including the Tito Collection - Part I
Lot: 1221

1870, Sept 5. Registered envelope from Rio de Janeiro to Kent, franked by 1866 100r. pair and six examples of 200r., tied by cork cancels showing Rio cds adjacent, red oval "Registrada" and "P.D.", embarked on the "Ligne J"-"Sindh", then French "Chargé" straight-line and red British "France/Registered" cds. Double registered rate to Great Britain of 1,200 réis with 600 réis corresponding to the registration fee. Soiling and imperfections affecting some adhesives, of which one is repaired at bottom left, of no importance for this, the earliest registered cover so far recorded dispatched under the important and extensively applied Brazil-France Convention. Of great significance. RHM 27, 28. Starting Price US$ 1,000

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