Lot 40006 – 1854 (June 30) Entire letter from Empress Dona Teresa Cristina to Rome signed “Imperatriz”

1854 (June 30) Entire letter from Dona Teresa Cristina Maria of the Two Sicilies, the Empress consort of Emperor Dom Pedro, nicknamed “the mother of the Brazilians”; dated in the Palace at Rio de Janeiro and addressed to “Ao Illustrissimo Reverendissimo em Christo Padre Cardeal Ugolini, Meo como Irmão muito Prezado” Cardinal Ugo Ugolini in Rome, with Empire of Brazil complete paper seal on back and the letter signed “Imperatriz” by the Empress, two slits of disinfection on front; a rare transatlantic mail carried by diplomatic means, and the complete addition to the following lot with the signature of Dom Pedro.