Lot 40674 – 1868 Quadruple rate cover from Montevideo bearing 1866 5c (2) & 10c

1868 (Dec 9) Quadruple rate cover up to 1 oz from Montevideo to Buenos Aires (Benítez correspondence), endorsed “Río de la Plata”, franked by 1866 London Printings 5c subtype 30 A (white dash in “5”), two examples in deep shade of which one touched at part of left margin, together with 10c, tied by barred oval; one of only about five covers recorded with this franking; cert. Hernández Rocha (2008) and signed Díaz Paulos; ex Hoffmann, Longley and Scott.