Bidspirit auction | Azores * 1898 – 4th

Azores * 1898 – 4th Centenary of the Discovery of the Route to India. MF90, 10 réis, violet, lightly dotted paper. Registered envelope from Angra do Heroísmo (31.05.98) to Frankfurt / Germany (13.06.98) with transit through Lisbon (09.06.98) with block of 6 stamps (3x2) on the front of the envelope and block of 12 stamps (3x4) on the back, totalling 180 réis, to pay for the second rate of a letter to France weighing between 15 and 30g (130 réis) and the registered rate fee (50 réis) in accordance with the rate rates published in the Government Gazette no. 123 of 04.06.1898. Very finr and scarce.