Lot 40076 – 1866, 80r violet black, two examples, in mixed franking

1866, 80r violet black, two examples, in mixed franking with 1876 100r green, on single weight entire letter (14.7.77) from Pernambuco to Figueira (Portugal), tied by cork cancels with associated dispatch cds at left, oval “Franca” alongside struck in Lisbon and transatlantic entry blue cds on reverse in Portugal; an attractive and scarce franking dispatched two days after the entry of Brazil into the U.P.U.; ex Frazão.