Lot 40006 – 1854 (June 30) Entire letter from Empress Dona Teresa Cristina to Rome signed « Imperatriz »

1854 (June 30) Entire letter from Dona Teresa Cristina Maria of the Two Sicilies, the Empress consort of Emperor Dom Pedro, nicknamed « the mother of the Brazilians »; dated in the Palace at Rio de Janeiro and addressed to « Ao Illustrissimo Reverendissimo em Christo Padre Cardeal Ugolini, Meo como Irmão muito Prezado » Cardinal Ugo Ugolini in Rome, with Empire of Brazil complete paper seal on back and the letter signed « Imperatriz » by the Empress, two slits of disinfection on front; a rare transatlantic mail carried by diplomatic means, and the complete addition to the following lot with the signature of Dom Pedro.