Lot 30241 – 1853, 100r lilac mauve together with 25r blue on cover to Switzerland

1853, 100r lilac mauve, strong colour and large margins all around, and 25r blue, die II, mostly large margins, just touched at bottom left, both used on 12.9.1855 entire letter from Lisbon to La Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland), endorsed “Via Madrid y Bayonne”, each neatly tied by “1” numeral of Lisbon, with manuscript charge paid by the addressee on receipt, with Basel and receiving cds’s on reverse; the 125 réis franking was just paying the domestic rate up to 1 3/8 ounces weight; the vastly superior quality example of only three such first-issue combination frankings recorded on cover, with the added significance of this being unique addressed to a foreign destination; ex “Cascais” collection.