Lot# 4190 - 177-180 Auction

90 reis black, late Early Impression from Second Composite plate, State B, position 13 with 30 reis black Early Impression from Second Composite plate, State B, position 7; applied to reverse of 1844 ship rate cover from Bahia to a Mr. Vollenweider in Rio de Janeiro tied by CORREIO DE BAHIA datestamp (February 3) in black (Ayres 1605), with repeated strike of datestamp on the obverse. The 30 reis and 90 reis adhesives with vertical marginal lines, the 90 reis showing retouching to frame and vignette. Just three recorded Bulls Eyes covers are known from Bahia, this being the finest. Rare. Signed Bühler; cert. RPS (1995), Moorhouse (2013). Provenance: Collection Norman S. Hubbard (May 1986), lot 2107.