Lot 40122 – 1866, 200r black, two examples, 20r (2) & 100r (2) on cover to France

1866, 200r black, two examples, 20r brown-lilac and 100r green, type IV, two additional values of each stamp, all making up the double weight tariff to France after the increase in rates in the Brazil-France Convention of 1860, on cover (slightly reduced at top) from Rio de Janeiro to Toulouse, tied by segmented cork cancels with dispatch cds and red Marseilles entry cds also tying one 20r, “3” in manuscript at top denoting the third rate and consequently being underpaid, with “24” charged to the recipient; cover edge faults affecting two 20r adhesives, but a unique triple-rate cover bearing an insufficient double-rate franking to France; cert. Fevereiro (2019); ex Chusyd.