Lot 40098 – 1866, 100r green, “cracked plate” variety on cover

1866, 100r green, “cracked plate” variety, clearly showing two “hairlines” at right, including one at right of the “100” denomination and an extension of the frame line in its vertical direction at upper right, cancelled by segmented cork cancel on 19.7.1870 cover from Rio de Janeiro (cds at left) to Paty do Alferes; the “cracked plate” is a very charismatic variety in this issue and is rarely found in the 50r value, with the examples represented in the 100r values being of much more scarcity, and most probably unique on cover in this instance; cert. Fevereiro (2017).