Lot 40085 – 1866, 100r green, type I, die I, 100r single and horizontal

1866, 100r green, type I, die I, 100r single and horizontal strip of three, together with 80r violet black pair, paying the 560 réis double rate under the Brazil-France Convention of 1860 on 28.12.1867 cover from Bahia to Bordeaux, tied by dotted star lozenges in black, Bahia and Bordeaux cds’s below, red framed “P.D.” confirming that it was conveyed by a French packet, in this case the “Estremadure”, couple of vertical creases impinging on two 100r; the largest franking recorded including the rare 100r die I, type I, and considering the scarcity of this early printing, one of the most significant multiple frankings of this denomination; ex Comelli and Alemany Indarte.