Lot 70518 – 1852 1Scudo Carmine Rose, large margins, single fr

1852 1Scudo Carmine Rose, large margins, single franking used on letter from the Pontifical Bank, cancelled by Roma cds (27 LUG. 54) and boxed « PD » and sent to Paris (bs 3 AUG. 54). The original contents may have included foreign banknotes and the letter was originally rated « 4 » (weight steps) or « 30 » grammes (needing 80b franking), then in a final control was seen to need franking of 5 steps, or 1 Scudo. Very few single frankings known; a great rarity in perfect condition (Sass. €127’500) 1852 1Scudo rosa carminio, ampi margini, usato singolamente su lettera di Banca dello Stato Pontificio, annullato col bollo a doppio cerchio Roma (27 LUG. 54) e « PD, » diretta a Parigi (arr. 3 AUG. 54). La lettera conteneva diverse banconote straniere e, per quanto sulla soprascritta siano indicati 4 porti (30 grammi) per un’affrancatura di 80b, probabilmente ad un ulteriore controllo del peso, fu necessario affrancarla per 5 porti, pari ad 1 Scudo esatto. Raro uso isolato; di grande rarità e perfetto (Sass. €127’500) Expertise: signed by / firmato G. Bolaffi (1956), Raybaudi, A. Diena (cert. 1968) & Sorani (cert. 1989)