Lot 40488 – 1855 Entire letter from DOM PEDRO to Rome, with his signature

1855 (May) Entire letter from DOM PEDRO (Pedro II of Brazil, Dom Pedro « the Magnanimous », last Emperor of Brazil), dated in his Palace at Rio de Janeiro, addressed to « Ao Illustrissimo Reverendissimo em Christo Padre Cardeal Ugolini Meo como Irmão muito Amado » Cardinal Ugo Ugolini in Rome, with large part of paper seal displaying the Brazilian coat of arms on reverse, with the letter personally signed « Imperator » by Dom Pedro; a very rare transatlantic mail carried by diplomatic means and related to the popular philatelic issue of « Dom Pedro ».