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Auction: SW1015 - The Philatelic Collector's Series
Lot: 3

"Rivadavias", Fifth Printing. 1866, 5c. carmine, tied by dotted oval on mourning cover from Buenos Aires to Lugano (Switzerland), with rimless "Correos de Buenos Aires/27 Oct 65" in centre, accountancy markings including "GB/1F60c" and Art. 30 according to the 1865 Swiss Convention "F./30", being charged on receipt in francs with "110" in red crayon,  with reverse showing London red c.d.s., Swiss transits and arrival. A rare and desirable transatlantic mail. Kneitschel 24.

Sold for
€1,700