Lot 40682 – 1876 Cover from Montevideo to Bordeaux, the largest 1868-72 10c multiple on cover

1876 (Jan 2). Cover from Montevideo to Bordeaux endorsed “Royal mail/By Land/Via Lisboa”, sent via the RMSP “Minho”, franked by vertical strip of three of 1868-72 10c, tied by blue Montevideo cds’s, French entry, “T” marking and infrequent double rate of “34” decimes on arrival alongside, London and Bordeaux cds’s on reverse; two vertical creases with one causing a small tear between the lower stamps; to our knowledge, the largest multiple of this value on cover, with no more examples recorded; ex Fontaina García.