Lot 42275 – probably the finest example of less than five items

1866, 5c blue, large margins and tied by numeral barred oval with “MENSAGERIAS ORIENTALES/AGENCIA CENTRAL/MONTEVIDEO” stagecoach handstamp from a private company contracted to operate a postal service along stage coach lines; probably the finest example of less than five items recorded in the whole classic period of Uruguayan philately, a fascinating usage which was very rarely into force in Uruguay (contrary to the number and range of usages one finds in Argentina), an essential item in the advanced collection of Uruguayan postal history.