Lot 399 368 / März 2019 - 399

1828, folded letter from Rio via Lisbon to Genoa with oval red transit mark applied in Portugal, then overland in Spain und France with black straight-line "ESPAGNE POR ST JEAN DE LUZ" and "NIZZA MARITTIMA", upon delivery charged 54 soldi, inside somewhat faulty, a fine and early letter from Brazil and the earliest to our knowledge sent to Italy