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Auction: SW1002 - Latin America, including the Tito Collection - Part I
Lot: 1261

1854, Nov 30. Entire letter from Rio de Janeiro to Copenhagen (Denmark), consigned to the British P.O. with double-arc "Rio-Janeiro" despatch backstamp placed on board the "Imperador" of the "South American & General Steam Navigation Co.". Initial British postage of 2s 8d which made void and substituted by correct 1s postage (1853 Convention), then "23" gröschen and "83" öre manuscript charges. German Hamburg entry and Danish Hamburg-P.O. backstamps. The excellent strike of the green "South-Amern./Liverpool/Packet" of this short-lived Company is one of the just six recorded by Howat, this being probably the finest. Starting Price US$ 500

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