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Auction: SW1015 - The Philatelic Collector's Series
Lot: 12

1845, 60r. black, greyish paper, worn impression, type II, an impressive strip of three from the left of the sheet, sheet margin (9 mm) with outer frame line, touched at top left, with generally ample margins, paying the double weight maritime rate on reverse of 29 July 1847 cover (lacking side flaps) from Bahia to Rio de Janeiro, endorsed ''P Vapor Imperador''. The franking was not cancelled on dispatch but subsequently tied by July 3rd ''Correio Geral Da Corte'' datestamp on arrival. Vertical crease barely impinging on one adhesive. The second largest multiple on cover, of which, as far as we can say, three such items are believed to exist. Cert. Moorhouse. RHM 6. Ex Hubbard.

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€3,200