BRAZIL COVERS 

STAMPLESS

1849, April 5 court filing, full outer and letter$75  SCAN

1862 Entire from Bahia to Manchester, with London Transit in Red and Manchester receiving CDS, via "Oneida Shi" and Southampton  $40  PHOTO

1863 Entire from Bahia to Manchester, with London Transit in Red and Manchester receiving CDS, via "Parana" and Southampton   $40  PHOTO

1872 Entire from Pernamebuco to Saddleworth England, with Pernambuco 3/30/72 CDS on rev, via "Neva", $40  PHOTO

CLASSIC & 19th CENTURY

Three of 25 (a horiz pair and a single) on a Feb 24, 1864 cover to Bahia via Paquetboat Francey,  very scarce $350.  PHOTO1  PHOTO2

April 20, 1866 letter with Contents from Bahia to Porto Portugal.  300 Rarte marking, Magenta Transatlantic and Porto Receiving mark, with a pair of 38 on the reverse, nicely tied.  One stamp discolored form wax seal.  A rare cover  $500  PHOTO1  PHOTO2

56, 58 and 59 neatly tied with cork and partial Rio de Janeiro CDS on cover to Ireland.  Back of envelope neatly engraved in red with "Her Britannic Majesty's Legation", attractive and scarce destination $150  PHOTO

Miniature cover Bahia to Rio de Janeiro, with sunburst cork cancel of 58 on Rev and Rio receiving ccl, nice addition to any collection $50  PHOTO  PHOTO2

Cover to Maine franked with a 58 and 59 tied with cork cancels.  An illegible Brazilian CDS and a red New York Paid All complete this cover $100 PHOTO

91 Botucatu to Rio,nice circular cork cancel $85  PHOTO

96 tied to cover with nead Ouro Preto Minas Sept 21, 1889 CDS, file fold but very nice $20  PHOTO

20th CENTURY

502 (or 502A) on November 4, 1939 mourning cover to Germany. Twice censored, first in Rio Grande do Sul with a paper Brazilian Paper censor marking and then in the US with a paper censcor (Opened by censor 1147)  $40  SCAN1  SCAN2

635, 637 on an attractive registered letter from Sao Paulo to Ohio $10 PHOTO

1938 Diplomatic cover from US Consulate General in Rio to San Francisco, "Correspondencia Consular--Livre de Porte" franking and Washington DC Nov 19 receiving mark on front.  Very nice $15  PHOTO

1980--set of 14 covers documenting Pope John Paul II's visit to Brazil, with special postmarks and cachets for each stop (first cover is aboard aircraft and has Vatican stamp and postmark).  Very attractive and a great addition to any JPII collection, $50

AIRMAILS

1929 first flight from Recife to Natal.  Fancy April 29, 1929 ccl showing plane and covers, Miller 67, only 300 flown.  Franked with C1 (3), C17, 300 folded once at bottom, $95  PHOTO

1932 Condor cover to Rio, franked with 362 and C21(x6), attractive via CONDOR marking in violet, trimmed at top $15  PHOTO

256,C30 May 6, 1932 Zeppelin cover to Germany, violet Zeppelin cachet $70  SCAN

1933 Airmail Sao Paolo to Germany with C39 via Aeropostale $7.50

1938  Condor Airmail Sao Paolo to Buenos Aires, receiving marks on bac, very attractive $10

1941 first flight from Natal to Bathurst, Gambia, Dec 8, 1041, one day after Pearl Harbor, nice part of WWII history $15  PHOTO

First Flight Cover Brazil-Uruguay-Argentina via PANAIR, with attractive cache of pilot and plane, $20 PHOTO

December 3, 1943 cover from Ipanema (Rio de Janeiro) to England, has both Brazilian (tape) and British (paper) censor seals.  Both the censor tape (front and back) and the envelope are tied by DF143 violet box cancels.  The envelope also has a lovely and colorful stamp like cachet (simluated perfs) "Via Aerea PANAIR".  A great addition to any Brazil airmail collection, $50  SCAN

Cover from US Dept of Commerce in Sao Paolo to Delaware, via NYRBA, very attractive $15  PHOTO

Semi-Official Airmail Zeppelin, May 22-25, 1930 flight Pernambuco to Rio de Janeiro with 4CL1  $100  PHOTO

Semi-Official Airmail Zeppelin, May 35-26, return flight Rio to Pernambuco with 4CL8  $150  PHOTO

Semi-Official Airmail Zeppelin,, May 28-30, Recife to Lakehurst, with green receivng cancel on Rev, franked with 4CL9  $150  PHOTO

Semi-Official Airmail Zeppelin, May 28-30, Recife to Kent CT with green Lakehurst receiving cancel  franked with 4CL10, very scarce $450  PHOTO