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Auction: SW1020 - Maritime Mail of Spanish Colonies in America
Lot: 354

Uruguay1866, 10c. green, London Printing, good margins, paying the Uruguay portion of postage at double rate on envelope from Independencia (Fray Bentos) to Liverpool (Great Britain), tied by very fine oval "Administración de Correos/Yndependencia" handstamp in blue green, this being very scarce and used at the private post office located in the "Liebig" saltery company of Fray Bentos (see article by Amílcar J. Fita in "Uruguay Filatélico" of December 1937). Liverpool cds of 30 August 1869 and manuscript "1/-" maritime rate collected on arrival. One of only two covers known showing this cancellation. A very fine and desirable showpiece. Cert. Hernández Rocha, signed Díaz Paulos. Ciardi 31. Ex Hoffmann.

Sold for
€600