Lot 40168 – 1876, 50r blue, pair with plate scratch on 28.12.1879 single weight entire letter

1876, 50r blue, pair on 28.12.1879 single weight entire letter from Barra de São Mateus to Rio de Janeiro, tied by “Correio da Barra de S. Matheus” double circle (Ayres 1557), with “B. de S. Matheus” cds at right, a very rare combination of two different postmarks with text used in conjunction on dispatch, and arrival on back, very fine; the pair showing at right “plate scratch” consisting in a hairline at top left (see Rui C. Dos Santos handbook on page 51, fig. 87, unrecorded by him on cover); ex Dr. de Amaral Machado.