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Auction: 167 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 681

1818-19 Outgoing and Incoming Mail with Italy, August 29, 1818 folded letter from Rio de Janeiro to Macerata, where it arrived on December 21, carried via Lisbon where the "Lisboa" oval handstamp was applied in transit, showing manuscript rates on front, representing one of the earliest, if not the earliest cover recorded from Brazil to Italy; September 10, 1819 folded letter from Montesanto, Italy, to Rio de Janeiro endorsed "Lisbona" in Italian denoting transit through Lisbon, with slits of disinfection and "720" reis in manuscript due on receipt, the earliest cover from Italy sent to Brazil, some toning as usually encountered in Brazilian postal history; a unique duo of great postal-history significance.


Estimate
$3,000 to $4,000