Lot 61773 – 1868-72 5c blue, 10c green and 20c rose, unique three-colour franking on cover

1868-72 5c blue, 10c green and 20c rose, margins varying from complete to large , tied by “3” barred oval of Montevideo on folded cover to Buenos Aires carried by “La Oriental”, displaying a seven-times the single rate, being a high franking as usually encountered in the Benítez correspondence with several famous covers in the “Sun” Issues; the only imperforate “Large Numerals” Issue cover recorded exhibiting a three colour franking (four-colour frankings do not exist); a recently discovered item which is offered in this sale for the first time at auction; cert. Hernández Rocha (2021).