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Auction: SW1015 - The Philatelic Collector's Series
Lot: 125

1860, 120c. blue, three examples, including subtype 6A, showing sun without rays at bottom, and two impressive examples in elusive indigo shade, all with good margins, just one copy with two margins a bit tight, used on January 27, 1864 entire letter, paying a quintuple rate to Buenos Aires, carried by very scarcely used steamer “Menai”. Stamps cancelled by Montevideo oval datestamps. Three covers are known bearing three adhesives of this value, although this possess the added significance of including same denominations in distinctly different shades and one of the most prominent flaws. Cert. Hernández Rocha. Ciardi 16, 16b.  

Estimate
€6,000