Lot 10115 – Germany – Hamburg. 1856 (Oct 5). Wrapper from Hamburg to Rio Grande do Sul

Germany – Hamburg. 1856 (Oct 5). Wrapper from Hamburg to Rio Grande do Sul, with neat despatch ds and ms “23” schilling rate, paying 5s inland and transit rates and 18s -equivalent to 1s4d- for British transit and sea carriage under UK-Brazil 1856 convention, routed via London to Southampton and put aboard RMSPC SS “Tamar” to Rio de Janeiro, then despatched to Rio Grande do Sul by the forwarded G. H. Wettaman & Co with oval cachet on reverse, a fine pre-stamp franking to Brazil using a forwarding agent.