Lot 40646 – 1861, 280r vermilion, a large margined example on insufficiently franked transatlantic mail to France.

1861, 280r vermilion, a large margined example on 21 May 1862 entire letter from Porto Alegre to Bordeaux, tied by small « Correio Geral da Corte » cds (Ayres 1612), insufficiently franked with « Insufficiente » oval struck on dispatch, charged on arrival with « 16 » decimes on front, red French entry cds adjacent, Rio, Paris and Bordeaux backstamps. A rare insufficiently franked transatlantic mail.