BRAZIL - EXTRAORDINARILY ROUTED RIO COVER WITH RARE "FROM GU...

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£1,100

BRAZIL - EXTRAORDINARILY ROUTED RIO COVER WITH RARE "FROM GUERNSEY" MARK TO STIRLING; 24 July 1824 EL from "Rio Janeiro" to Bannockburn with a very fine very rare "FROM GUERNSEY " mark nicely placed on the side-flap (applied in Weymouth on loose letters received in the P.O. bags from the Channel Isles) and charged "1/6" with a faint boxed "½" mark on the front. Very few examples of the 1810-37 "FROM GUERNSEY" mark have been recorded and this usage on a letter from Brazil may be Unique. Exhibition Quality.Cross Reference: DORSET, GUERNSEY POSTAL HISTORY, SHIP LETTERS, BRAZIL