1878, 1,000r grey slate, horizontal pair used with “Directoria Geral Dos Correios” official oval postmark with coat of arms (Ayres 1637), scarce and fine;…

1878, 1,000r grey slate, strip of three, marginal imprint at top being horizontally complete but not vertically, neatly used with segmented cork cancels,…

1878, 1,000r grey slate, block of four from the right of the sheet, showing at right ABN “…Company.New York.” imprint without the delimited area of the…

1878, 1,000r grey slate, strip of five, outstandingly fresh and unusually well centred, cleanly cancelled by neat “Rio-de-Janeiro/23 Abr 87/3a Secção”…

1878, 1,000r grey slate, the phenomenal horizontal block of ten from the right of the sheet, exhibiting the ABN “American Bank Note…” marginal imprint…

1878, 1,000r grey slate, horizontal block of ten from the right of the sheet, with ABN “American Bank Note…” marginal imprint displayed at lower right,…

1878, 300r green and brown orange, imperforate colour die proof on thin India paper, extremely rare; cert. Fevereiro (2022).

1878, 300r green and orange, mint pair, refulgent colour, reinforced perforations at top; one of just two pairs so far in existence with original gum,…

1878, 300r green and orange, unused pair without gum as usual, complete sheet margin at base, small thin spot at top left; according to Comelli, only four…

1878, 300r green and orange, strip of three, uncommonly well centred and possessing its significant original gum, well preserved; the other unused strip…

1878, 300r green and orange, block of four centred to the right, radiant colour, hinge reinforcement in centre; the only block of four, of just seven recorded,…

1878, 300r green and orange, block of four, very fresh unused without gum; the second largest unused multiple known, with seven recorded; ex Comelli.

1878, 300r green and orange, a wonderful choice group of five different cancellations, including the extremely rare oval handstamps with initials and “Joao…

1878, 300r green and orange, block of four, used with indistinct black cancellations; outstandingly fine, couple of usual hinge reinforcements not detracting;…

1878, 300r green and orange, paying the single registration rate on 29 March 1883 cover from Ubá (Minas Gerais) to Rio de Janeiro, cancelled “Ubá” with…

1878, 300r green and orange, together with 1877 100r green, on quadruple rate cover from Campos to Rio de Janeiro, tied by dotted lozenges with Campos…

1878, 300r green and orange, and 1877 100r green, on double weight envelope to Rio de Janeiro, each cancelled by cork cancel (Ayres 441) with associated…

1878, 300r green and deep orange, unissued, the unique block of 15 (5×3) showing misplaced perforation vertically at right (attractively presented with…

1878, 300r green and deep orange, unissued, block of 25 (5×5), without gum as usual, separated perforations between the second and third horizontal rows…

1878, 300r green and deep orange, unissued, the horizontal block of 40 (8×5), without gum as usual, couple of small tears and few wrinkles at left not…

1866-79, Mulitples: an impressive assembly containing 135 items used and unused, including from pairs to blocks of fifteen, and predominantly blocks of…

1866-79 Cancellations: assembly comprising over 150 stamps, in single examples, two-colour franking’s on pieces or better multiples, with a wide range…

1866-79, a stunning assembly comprising more than 850 stamps used and unused, including a wide range of shades and some small multiples, few plate proofs…

1867 Dec) Cover from Santos to Bremen (Germany), franked by 1884 200r lilac pale rose, endorsed “Pr. “Berlin” ” HAPAG steamer, uncancelled on departure…

1853 (Feb 15) Folded cover with full contents from Bahia to Cadiz (Spain), directly consigned to the British mails, where the endorsement “Via Teneriffe”…