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Auction: SW1015 - The Philatelic Collector's Series
Lot: 73

1852, Nov 8. Cover to Buenos Aires, carried from Rio de Janeiro by Brazilian merchant vessel ''Condesa'' (endorsement), showing very fine ''Montevideo/8 Nov/(52)'' oval datestamp, charged to the addressee with ''10'' (centavos) in manuscript. This handstamp is only recorded used in 1852, and applied in transit to correspondence from external origin that was carried on the route from Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires by coastal vessel; the Uruguay's post office did not receive fees and gave the acquiescence to vessels for carrying this mail without charges via Montevideo (see article by Amílcar J. Fita in the ''Uruguay Filatélico'' of December 1954). A fascinating usage with a rare three-countries involvement. Ex Jewell and Hoffmann.

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€550