Lot 40488 – 1855 Entire letter from DOM PEDRO to Rome, with his signature

1855 (May) Entire letter from DOM PEDRO (Pedro II of Brazil, Dom Pedro “the Magnanimous”, last Emperor of Brazil), dated in his Palace at Rio de Janeiro, addressed to “Ao Illustrissimo Reverendissimo em Christo Padre Cardeal Ugolini Meo como Irmão muito Amado” Cardinal Ugo Ugolini in Rome, with large part of paper seal displaying the Brazilian coat of arms on reverse, with the letter personally signed “Imperator” by Dom Pedro; a very rare transatlantic mail carried by diplomatic means and related to the popular philatelic issue of “Dom Pedro”.