Lot 40108 – 1866, 100r green, type IV, die III, on coloured paper,

1866, 100r green, type IV, die III, on coloured paper, some perfs. missing at lower left, in combination with 20r brown carmine and 200r black, all tied or cancelled by cork type, on cover from Rio de Janeiro (17.7.74 cds at left) to Bordeaux carried by the “Gironde”, paying the single rate to France after the increase of 1871, backstamped on arrival, light horizontal crease at bottom; an exceedingly scarce franking including the 100r on bluish paper.