Lot 61746 – 1861 60c on cover from Salto bearing private illustrated cachet

1861 60c greyish brown-lilac, a very fresh and well margined example, tied by RENTA DE CORREOS/12 JUNIO 1862/SALTO” cds on cover addressed to the Italian Consul in Montevideo, showing decorative cachet of an Italian benevolent society “Società Italiana d’Unione e Benevolenza/Salto Oriental” at left, repetaed on reverse, (private illustrated cachets are an absolute exception in classic Uruguayan postal history, we have only seen this example so far); ex Scott.