Lot 40676 – 1870 Front of 5c blue postal stationery envelope with trisect of 1868-72 15c imperforate, unique franking

1870 (July) Front of 5c blue postal stationery envelope addressed to Montevideo, initially misdirected to Rocha with Montevideo transit (19.7.1870), due to the addressee’s surname “Rocha” mistaken for the name of the Rocha city, thence franked with 1868-72 15c Montevideo Printing, vertical trisect used as 5c to pay the single rate up to 4 “adarmes” and tied by double oval of Rocha, forwarded to Montevideo with double oval of Colonia as transit struck at right and Montevideo cds (5.8.1870) alongside; illustrated in the “Uruguay Filatélico” of 1939; one of only two examples recorded of a trisect stamp on cover; furthermore, postal stationery envelopes with an additional franking are very scarce, with this combination franking being unique, one of the very significant covers of this issue. Cert. Hernández Rocha (2008); ex Lee, Podestá and Scott.