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Auction: 164 - The "Inclinados" Issues of Brazil including "Bull's Eye" Paper
Lot: 4

1844 30r black, type II, intermediate impression, showing re-entry of frame line at base, clear to ample margins, just clipped at right with tiny portion of paper loss at bottom right corner, well clear of the design, caused by acidic ink erosion, cancelled by elusive framed ''Ceara'' handstamp; slight thin at bottom, of absolutely no significance for this great rarity featuring type II of the 30 r. denomination on ''Bull's Eye'' paper.

This example, 30r type II on "Bull's Eye" paper, is the rarest stamp of Brazilian philately with only two examples off cover in existence, both in used condition and originating from a pair which was severed into two single copies (see note at base of page 121 in ''Catálogo Enciclopédico de Selos & História Postal do Brasil'').

A previously unrecorded cover bearing a pair of this stamp is also recorded and known as the "Diamond" cover of Brazil, the 30r on "Bull's Eye" paper type II, therefore with only four stamps in total, must be also considered as one of the scarcest stamps in South American philately, consequently possessing an immense desirability for the most advanced collection of Brazil; 2010 Moorhouse certificate; RHM 5C;

Estimate
$250,000 to $300,000