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Auction: SW1002 - Latin America, including the Tito Collection - Part I
Lot: 1333

1843, 60r. black, early printing on medium paper, a marginal unused example without gum, outer frame line at right with mostly large margins. Featuring "suture" (stitch) watermark at right, type 5, consisting on wavy horizontal lines. Scarce. RHM 2FS = R$ 10,000. The hand-manufactured paper used in the early Brazilian philately was dried on cylinders which were coated with a thin leather skin. The leather skin occasionally cracked and consequently was sewn or repaired with staples. The consequence of the suture occurred in this process was the appearance of a watermark which known as "suture". Starting Price US$ 500

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