Lot 61738 – 1859 120c blue, on cover with red oval hs of Montevideo

1859 120c blue, light shade, good margins except for being cut slightly into in small part, on single rate cover endorsed “Por Corça” (on service for a short period) from Montevideo to Buenos Aires, tied by 28.7.1859 oval hs of Montevideo; only about ten covers are recorded with this cancellation in red, which was only used in this colour in July 1859 (the first month of issue); cert. Hernández Rocha (2008).