Lot 40121 – 1866, 200r black, horizontal pair, in combination with

1866, 200r black, horizontal pair, in combination with 1866 10r and 20r, tied by segmented cork cancels to 19.7.1871 cover to Genoa (Italy), correctly paying the single rate following the Brazil-France Convention of 1860, framed red “P.D.” hs and Rio de Janeiro dispatch cds in centre, Verona and Genoa backstamps, horizontal crease passing through the 200r pair barely detracting from this rare franking (illustrated on page 157 in the Catálogo Enciclopédico by Peter Meyer); cert. Fevereiro (2019); ex Borden.