30th International Auction

1853, Portugal First Issue 50 reis yellow green, very fine with ample to large margins all around tied by "42" numeral with corresponding "SETUBAL" dispatch straight-line alongside on cover to Aalborg, DENMARK send via Lisboa (7.10.53), Spain, France, Thurn und Taxis p.o Hamburg, Danish p.o (K.D.O.P.A HAMBURG). ONLY TWO 50 REIS COVERS ARE RECORDED TO DENMARK (both from the same correspondance, this cover and another of september 1853). Torlades & Co was actually also the sender of the only known cover to Finland (which is part of the Figueiredo collection). Certificates: Pascal Scheller, Sergio Sismondo, Paulo Dias. Provenance: Angelo Lima. Catalog Price 11000.00