Los 5935

"El Sol de Mayo" 1856 (Oct 1): Carrier 60 c. deep blue, thin figures, a fine example with staining around the edge of the margins when adhered to the 19 January 1857 entire letter from Rafael Rodriguez in Durazno to Francisco Corta in Montevideo, endorsed "con un fardito" (with a package). The stamp with manuscript cancellation "Claudio el orio" (?) in a very deep indigo shade showing the "Cracked Plate" variety with crack running from NE corner to the edge of the vignette and large break in the frameline below "S" of CENTAVOS (Lee Type 20). Edge wear to the entire but a great rarity. Unrecorded in the R.A. Siegel / Walter Britz census of 37 covers. Signed E.J. Lee Scott = $ 6'500. Provenance: Collection E.J. Lee, Plumridge, London, 6-16 July 1936, lot 271