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BRASIL Entire letter from Porto Alegre

Currency:EUR Category:Stamps / Latin America Start Price:2,000.00 EUR Estimated At:2,000.00 - 2,600.00 EUR
BRASIL Entire letter from Porto Alegre
1870 (Oct 17) Entire letter from Porto Alegre to New York bearing Dom Pedro 80r. slate violet strip of three tied by dotted lozenge in black (underpaid and struck with ´Insuficiente´ in red). Cover travelled via London (Nov 28) with red cds on reverse and struck with Anglo-French Accountancy marking "FR/2F 96c" in black. On arrival cover struck with Depreciated Currency marking ´31 in US Notes´ (Dec 12). A remarkable double Atlantic crossing and a very rare franking. Scott 57.