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Auction: SW1015 - The Philatelic Collector's Series
Lot: 102

1859, 240c. vermilion, large margins all around, in mixed franking with 1862 180c. green, two examples with good margins and clear impression, types 3 & 7,all tied by oval datestamps to 9 December 1862 entire letter from Montevideo to Buenos Aires, covering the external nine fold rate. An extraordinarily high combination franking with no other examples recorded, regarded as one of the most important covers of these 1859-62 Issues. This is also the only cover recorded showing only the highest denominations of both the "Thin" & "Thick Figures" issues -just one further cover is recorded with one 240c. and one 180c., but together with a third adhesive, a 1859 80c.-. It also represents the highest franking known for all items in which appear one of both values. Cert. Hernández Rocha and Díaz Paulos. Ciardi 12, 17. Ex Caspary,  Hoffmann and Bustamante.

Estimate
€20,000