Lot# 4128 - 177-180 Auction

60 reis grey, Worn Impression, a huge margined example from the First Composite plate: "Semi-Xifopagus" showing the horizontal and vertical marginal lines with dividing line below for the 90 reis pane (position 18), used on reverse of April 1844 entire letter written from Jacarehy via Pindaminhangaba to Rio de Janeiro and cancelled by complete PINDAMI / NHAN / GABA framed handstamp in brown (Ayres 1402). The entire with vertical file fold but of great rarity - the sole recorded cover bearing this cancellation. Manuscript note in Newbury's handwriting that the stamp belongs. Certs. Holcombe (1994), Moorhouse (2013). Note: Believed to be the sole example of a "Semi-Xifopagus" on letter. Provenance: Corinphila sale 90 (Oct 1994) lot 6261.