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Auction: SW1002 - Latin America, including the Tito Collection - Part I
Lot: 1300

1860, June 28. Entire letter from Bahia to Porto, consigned to the French Consulate which applied blue "Brésil/2-2" (Salles fig. 1.055) octagonal datestamp used at Bahia, following carriage by the  "Guienne" Portuguese single postage of 150 réis to be paid by the addressee. Lisbon entry and Porto backstamps. This Bahia consular postmark is unrecorded in blue by Salles; other usages in black registered by Salles are catalogued as "RR-pièces d"amateur", with the date of this cover in June, the earliest known, being unrecorded for any consular usage in Brazil. Of delightful quality, this is the only example known of this very rare postmark in blue, further enhanced by being the only Brazilian postal-history entire known mailed on the inaugural voyage of the "Messageries Impériales" Line. Starting Price US$ 2,000

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