Lot 40678 – 1873 Cover to Switzerland bearing 1868-72 10c, the only disinfected cover in this issue

1873 (March 10) Single weight cover from Montevideo to Reinach (Switzerland), franked by 1868-72 Montevideo Printing 10c,t ied by barred oval with matching cds adjacent, carried via SGTM “St. Ménélano” to Marseilles, charged “200” (2 Francs) in manuscript on front, backstamped on receipt, with slits for disinfection during the three months period in which an epidemic of yellow fever affected Uruguay; the only disinfected cover known in this issue; cert. Hernández Rocha (2008); ex Longley.