Lot 61704 – 1844 (June 26) Cover from Montevideo to Havre

Stamp of Uruguay 1844 (June 26) Cover from Montevideo to Havre

Lot 61704 – 1844 (June 26) Cover from Montevideo to Havre

Uruguay
Price realised
140 EUR
Estimate
120 – 180 EUR
Auction date
Thu 17 Jun 2021 at 20:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1844 (June 26) Cover from Montevideo to Havre, bearing “MONTEV°.” straight-line in red, framed “COLONIES/&c.ART.12.” exchange marking in orange-red, French entry cds and “15” decimes ms charge on receipt (ink erosion in the fragile paper), English and Paris transits on back, carried by the warship “Niper” and from Rio by the “Peterel” to Falmouth, an unusual mail during the Great War; ex Lee.

For more information about this lot please contact us.