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Auction: SW1006 - The Collector's Series, including important Chile and Portugal
Lot: 734

TERESA CRISTINA OF THE TWO SICILIES (1822-1889), "the Mother of the Brazilians", Empress consort of Emperor Dom Pedro II of Brazil, well beloved by Brazilians for her irreprochable character and behaviour, she promoted the Brazilian culture. Two entire letters dated in 1855 and 1857, each written in Portuguese "no Palacio do Rio de Janeiro" and addressed to Cardinal Ugolini in Rome, signed "Imperatriz" with wafer seal on reverse, and one with disinfection slits. Rare and most unusual transatlantic mail.

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€700