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Auction: 167 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 687

#26, 53, 1866 180r Black and 10r Vermilion, the former showing sheet margin at base, both applied on reverse of 1867, January 22 folded letter from Rio de Janeiro to Montevideo, exhibiting the franking required to pay the 190r. single rate up 7.5 grams (1860 Brazil-France Convention) tied by dotted lozenge, French type c.d.s. on dispatch and framed “P.P.” alongside, placed on board the “Carmel”; one of just four covers recorded bearing the perforated “Verticais” 180r. value -this adhesive belonging to one of the scarcest and most fascinating issues of Brazilian philately-, further enhanced by being exhibited in combination franking with the “Dom Pedro” Issue.

Estimate
$5,000 to $7,500