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Guillermo Jalil - Philatino

lot # 174 - Argentina postal history

Thursday Jun 18, 2020 19:00 America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires

Foreign offices in Buenos Aires, Compagnie des Messageries Imperales, ONLY TRIP from Buenos Aires to Europe via the LAST steamer of Ligne de la Plata and the FIRST ONE of Ligne J: Entire letter sent collect from Buenos Aires to Cette (France), carried to Rio de Janeiro by steamer CARMEN (Ligne del Plata), and from Rio to Bordeaux on steamer NAVARRE (Ligne J1, departing on 24/AP, arrival 17/MAY), VF quality! In February 1866 the Compagnie de Messageries Imperiales assigned the Bordeaux - Rio de Janeiro route to LIGNE J, and the route to the River Plate was operated by the LIGNE K. The Ligne J (Rio de Janeiro 24/AP/1866 - Bordeaux 17/NO/1869) operated with steamers NAVARRE (J1), GUIENNE (J2) and ESTREMADURE (J3), whereas Ligne K (Buenos Aires 12/MAY/1866 to 12/OC/1869) included steamers CARMEL and AUNIS plus one trip by a Brazilian steamer chartered due to repairs on the Aunis.

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