Lot 40685 – 1877 Cover bearing Uruguay & Italy franking and “Da Montevideo/coi Postali italiani” hs

1877 (July 8) Cover from Montevideo to Genoa, franked internally with 1877-79 10c vermilion tied by blue dispatch cds and additionally by Italian “Da Montevideo/coi Postali italiani” two-line hs, taxed to be paid on delivery with “10” marking and 1870-74 postage due 1L tied by “Genova” cds, a very rare usage of the Italian postmark on the Uruguayan franking; ex Palumbo.