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Auction: SW1002 - Latin America, including the Tito Collection - Part I
Lot: 1244

1850, March 22. Entire letter from Rio de Janeiro to Dresden, placed on board a Belgian packet bound for Antwerp, with Belgian framed "Belg: 2E R:" in green according to the Belgian-Prussian Convention and used by the travelling postal agent, charged "119" pfennigs on arrival, with Prussian backstamps. An extremely rare destination following this route, confirmed by being the only letter known originating from Brazil with this postmark. Starting Price US$ 400

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