Lot 40106 – 1866, 100r green, type IV, die III, two examples, in

1866, 100r green, type IV, die III, two examples, in combination with 20r brown carmine (2), on 26.10.1874 entire letter from Rio de Janeiro to London, insufficiently franked for the transatlantic carriage, cancelled by segmented cork cancels, below with Rio dispatch cds, red entry cds in France, French credit account “FR./2F96C” octagonal hs (Convention of 1856), “F.B” (Foreign Bureau) cds used in London during the period without convention between Brazil and Great Britain in 1.7.1874-30.11.1875 and 1s ms charge at left, Paris and London backstamps; a very rare usage.