Lot# 177 - 181th Auction

30 reis grey-black, Intermediate Impression on thick yellowish paper, the extraordinary vertical strip of three with ample to large margins all round, cancelled by somewhat smudged Correio Gera Da Corte datestamps (2.4.1845) in black, the central stamp showing 'pli d'accordeon' pre-printing paper fold. Some scuffs and a few minor bends but a dramatic variety in a rare multiple.rnProvenance: Angelo Lima (Nov 1993), lot 30047; Benavides ('Tijuca'), Autumn 2001.

INFO: Minor thinning.