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  • Lot# : 5343 Brasil

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    300 r. orange & green, a horizontal pair, crossed by file fold, used on registered Money Letter cover to Cananea in combination with 1878/79 700 r. red brown, lightly cancelled by segmented cork handstamps in black, reverse with five greenish black wax seals and manuscript notation 'Rs 50$000' for declared value. Rate breakdown: Postage 100 r., registration 200 r. and 2% insurance on 50$000 reis = 1'000 r. Cover opened for Exhibit display, a rare combination of two of the scarcest stamps of the Dom Pedro issues on letter. Cert. Moorhouse (2013).
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,500 CHF