Lot number 620
(Public auction of April 17th/18th, 2010 - Cat. 15 (currency EURO))
Index > overseas > uruguay > independent period - pre-adhesive: Lot 620
| Date of lot | |
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| Lot number | 620 |
| Description |
1857, July 18. Entire letter from Montevideo to Rio de Janeiro, carried by private coastal ''Focantins'' vessel to Brazil, showing rococo ''Sala De Comercio/De/Montevideo'' oval handstamp in blue. The ''Chamber of Commerce'' of Montevideo offered a special 'late hour' postal facility, consisting of the handling of restricted merchant correspondence when the state postal offices were closed. One of the earliest recorded covers with this handstamp, which was introduced in 1857, when Juan G. Buela was authorised by the National Government to introduce this out-of-hours postal service.
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| Starting price | EUR 500.00 |
| Price realised (incl. com.) | EUR 780.00 |
