Tradition und Erfahrung in klassischer Philatelie seit 1919

Losnr. 7379 - 274.-283. Auktion

  • Losnr. : 7379 Brasilien

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    1843: Bullseye 60 r. grey-black, worn impression, large margins all round, used on reverse of 1850 cover from Pelotas to Marseille, France in combination with 1844/46 Inclinado 30 r. black pair, touched to large margins all round, cancelled by "PELOTAS" straight line handstamps in red with repeated strike on obverse - this surrounded by date of mailing "22 / 7 / 1850" in manuscript. Mailed at 120 reis maritime rate from Rio Grande and struck on obverse with "RIO-JANEIRO" British P.O. cds (Sept 9) in black, thence carried by the "Penguin" to Falmouth. London transit cds on reverse (Nov 4) where struck with framed "COLONIES / &c. ART 13" in red and charged '15' décimes due in black on arrival in Marseille (Nov 7). Ilustrated in Juchert "Bull's Eyes on Covers" on page 218. The adhesives with faults incl. scuff on the 60 r. and diagonal cut through the 30 r. on opening of the cover, nevertheless an outstanding item for the Brazil connoisseur: the sole recorded Bullseye cover mailed from Pelotas, one of just seven Bullseye covers used to an overseas destination, one of only two known Bullseye covers handled by the British Post Office and the sole complete cover bearing the first two issues of Brazil. Unique. Cert. Santos (2021).rnrnProvenance: Collection Reinhold Koester.rn                     Collection Paolo Comelli RDP, Investphila, Lugano, March 2012, lot 1177.rn 
    Ausruf : 20.000 CHF
    Zuschlag : 24.000 CHF