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Lot# 5146 - Auction 265-273

  • Lot# : 5146 Uruguay

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    Falmouth Packets 1845 (Sept 10): Entire letter, with extraordinary script inside, mailed from blockaded Montevideo to Blaye, France with faint straight line "MONTVO." handstamp in red. Carried throiugh the blockade of the combined Anglo-French Squadrons by the US Frigate "Raritan" to Rio and thence per "HMS Resistance" to Plymouth Dock. Struck with superb two line "PACKET LETTER / DEVONPORT" in black (Robertson P2), and thence via London (Dec 21) where "Colonies / &c. Art. 12" applied in red. Boulogne entry mark in red and Blaye arrival on reverse (Dec 26) where charged '20' décimes due in manuscript plus '1D' handstruck for delivery. Illustrated in Edition D'Or 59 on page 102. A fine and unusual entire.rnNote: The Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata was a five-year-long naval blockade imposed by France and Britain on the Argentine Confederation ruled by Juan Manuel de Rosas. It was imposed in 1845 to support the Colorado Party in the Uruguayan Civil War and closed Buenos Aires to naval commerce.
    Starting bid : 250.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 600.00 CHF