61st AUCTION - day 4

Brazil - Pre Adhesives / Stampless Covers: 1848, 26 AP: entire letter posted a

Brazil - Pre Adhesives / Stampless Covers

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1848, 26 AP: entire letter posted at the British Post Office at Rio de Janeiro addressed for Syra, Greece, m/s endorsed "per Firebrand" (a Royal Nave frigate) to Falmouth. From there via Marseillees to Syra by French packet. Various postal markings and rates, including "COLONIES /& c.Art 13, exchange instructional marking applied in London. See detailed article in Philotelia issue 699 (2016) and also page 373 of vol.1 of J. Daes book "The Hellenic Postal Rates 1828.1875".
Extremely rare, certainly the earliest recorded letter between Greece and South America, a key item in Greek preadhesive postal history.

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Condition: Cover