Lot 10115 – Germany – Hamburg. 1856 (Oct 5). Wrapper from Hamburg to Rio Grande do Sul

Germany – Hamburg. 1856 (Oct 5). Wrapper from Hamburg to Rio Grande do Sul, with neat despatch ds and ms « 23 » schilling rate, paying 5s inland and transit rates and 18s -equivalent to 1s4d- for British transit and sea carriage under UK-Brazil 1856 convention, routed via London to Southampton and put aboard RMSPC SS « Tamar » to Rio de Janeiro, then despatched to Rio Grande do Sul by the forwarded G. H. Wettaman & Co with oval cachet on reverse, a fine pre-stamp franking to Brazil using a forwarding agent.