Lot 40083 – 1866, 100r green, type I, die I, marginal imprint on cover

1866, 100r green, type I, die I, a remarkable example with full left-sheet margin displaying « …etes de Banco Nueva York » imprint used as postage due to pay the British packet on reverse of 16.5.1867 entire letter from Porto Alegre to Porto (Portugal), tied by dispatch cds and segmented cork cancel in blue, the latter repeated at left, showing Rio French-type cds and « Rio de Janeiro » apparently erroneously charged for the double rate on arrival with « 300 » réis marking struck on front, stamp with small diagonal cut applied obliquely barely detracting; interesting content mentioning one person known to the sender who was « negotiating as army » in Paraguay during the Triple Alliance War; a very rare usage of this early first die with marginal inscription on cover and anunusual combination of the British P.O. cds on conjunction with the « Dom Pedro » issues; ex Dr. de Amaral Machado.