Corinphila Auction 291-297 Day 4

1866: Dom Pedro 100 r. green and 500 r. orange used on 1871 entire letter from Rio de Janeiro to London, tied by segmented cork handstamps in black with framed "PD" in red. Carried by French Packet "Amazone" with circular "RIO-JANEIRO / PAQ. FR. J No. 3" (Feb. 6) in black (Salles fig. 1081) with "London EC / Paid" arrival cds min red (March 2) at left. Minor imperfections but a rare franking.