Lot 10225 – 1844, 90r black, six examples, and 60r on judicial document carried through the mail

1844, 90r black, intermediate impression, type I, four examples, one affected by small insect hole, and type II, two examples, some examples cut into on one or two sides, otherwise good to enormous margins, together with 60r black, type II, late impression, all used on civil appeal ruling letter carried through the post and dispatched at Rio de Janeiro, with the franking being uncancelled as it was the practice on judicial correspondence. A high and unique franking, one of the largest known with the 90r denomination.

Note: The high franking of 600 réis paid the postage up to 80 “oitavas” weight (10 ounces), according to the special reduced rate for judicial correspondence, which was half of that applied to the regular postage.

Provenance: Everaldo N. dos Santos.