Lot 40475 – 1875 Printed matter rate cover from Buenos Aires to Italy, 1873 1c and Italian postage dues

1875 (Sept) Commercial envelope from Buenos Aires to Turin, paying the internal printed matter rate with 1873 1c purple (irregular perfs. at right), exceptionally tied by the Italian “Da Buenos-Aires/coi Postali Italiani” two-line hs, charged on arrival with “12cmi” hs paid with 1870-74 2c & 10c tied by “Torino” cds; illustrated in the handbook of Italian usages abroad by Zanaria-Serra-Dal Negro on page 302; the only cover recorded bearing this combination franking, further enhanced by the exceptional usage of the Italian maritime cancellation on an Argentine stamp; signed A. Diena and Sorani; ex Palumbo.