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Auction: 167 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 685

#28, 54, 1850 600r Black, 1866 20r Red-lilac, two examples, used in conjunction on July 17, 1873 folded cover from Rio de Janeiro to Bordeaux, carried by the French "Gironde", at the double rate to France, based on the 1860 Brazil-France Convention after the reis devaluation, and correspondingly franked at 640r rate, stamps tied by cork cancels, with Rio de Janeiro French-type c.d.s. and framed "P.D." alongside; the 600r just shaved at top, a very rare "Verticais" - "Dom Pedro" mixed franking including the highest denomination of the imperforate issue; 1973 Fiecchi certificate.

Estimate
$2,000 to $3,000