URUGUAY. 1854 (March 31). Outer letter sheet from MONTEVIDEO to BUENOS AIRES, bearing superb strike on the PAID/AT/MONTEVIDEO crowned circle with matching double arc on reverse, 10 centésimos marking indicating payment of the local postage and 1/- confirming payment of the British packet rate, being carried by the RMSP ´Severn´. The British post office was supplied a ´crowned circle´ hanstamp in 1851, for use to denote prepayment of mail carried to a non-British destination. About ten examples of this postmark are recorded on cover, this being probably the finest. SG CC1. Ex H. Rocha and Parmigiani. (Image1)

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URUGUAY. 1858 (July 27). Entire letter from MONTEVIDEO to BUENOS AIRES franked by Sun 1858 120 c. blue, thin figures, tied by oval SALA DE COMERCIO / DE / MONTEVIDEO handstamp in blue, only applied to Mail received too late for the Post Office and was delivered by and accepted from the ´Sala de Commercio´. Just three covers known and an EXTREMELY RARE usage: the adhesive used in the first month of issue.
NOTE: The ´Sala de Comercio´ of Montevideo offered an ´outreach´ Postal Service when letters arrived after the office had closed. This company was in charge of taking the correspondence directly to the ship offered by the Maritime Postal Service between Montevideo and Buenos Aires and tied the covers with this special mark. Sc.10. (Image1)

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URUGUAY. Envuelta completa a MONTEVIDEO. 60 c. gris, mat. ARREDONDO en dolbe óvalo verde. PRECIOSA y RARA. Sc. 7. Yv.7. (Image1)

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URUGUAY. Envuelta completa a MONTEVIDEO. 80 c. naranja, mat. PAYSANDU en doble óvalo azul. PRECIOSA. Cert. DIAZ PAULÓS. Yv.14. (Image1)

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URUGUAY. 1869 (15 Marzo). MONTEVIDEO a FRANCIA. Circulada con sello francés de 80 cts. rosa, mat. ancla y fechador octogonal MONTEVIDEO/*. MAGNÍFICA. (Image1)

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URUGUAY. 1877. MONTEVIDEO a MONFERRATO (Italia). 10 c. rojo, mat. fechador y PLATA/MARSEILLE. Tasada a la llegada con 40 c. y 1 Lire. Yv.41. (Image1)

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URUGUAY. 1877. BOGLIASCO a MONTEVIDEO. 20 cts. naranja y 30 cts. castaño, mat. numeral ´455´. Carta circulada a través de la COMPAÑIA LAVARELLO en el vapor ´Nord América´, tasada a la llegada con ´10´ ctvos. para el pago del porte interno en Uruguay. Carta excepcional, ÚNICA CONOCIDA circulada en el sentido ITALIA-URUGUAY por la Compañia Lavarello. Aunque el contrato con la línea Lavarello, preveia el servicio postal en ambos sentidos, el correo italiano escogía casi siempre el envío de la correspondencia a través de los buques ingleses. Carta reproducida en la portada del libro de V. Del Bianco ´I Servizi marittimi italia tra Génova e i porti d´ell America Meridionale´. Se trata de la pieza más importante conocida de los correos marítimos entre Italia y América del Sur. Ex col. DEL BIANCO. (Image1)

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URUGUAY. 1879. MONTEVIDEO a TORINO, por paquebot francés nº 6. Tasada a la llegada con 30 c. y 1 Lire. Yv.41. (Image1)

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URUGUAY. 1892. MONTEVIDEO to HAMBURGO with German blue 20 p. stamp tied by cds DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/LINIE/HAMBURG/SUDAMERIKA. (Image1)

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URUGUAY. 1799-1843. 7 covers, one from Montevideo to London via Rio de Janeiro, one to Cuba with blanck YNDIAS entry mark, one early mail 1799 to Buenos Aires... (Image1)

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