G.B. TO URUGUAY VIA BORDEAUX - RARE 3s-2d-RATE PRE-UPU USAGE...

G.B. TO URUGUAY VIA BORDEAUX - RARE 3s-2d-RATE PRE-UPU USAGE OF REGD. ENV. + SINGLE 1/- COVER; 24 Feb. 1876 EL ex Manchester to Montevideo "Pr. Britannia St. via Bordeaux" with pl.12 1/- Green tied by duplex & fine large blue Montevideo "10" inc circle charge-mark. Plus 13 Nov. 1879 usage of the GB 2d Regd. env. ex Liverpool to Montevideo unusually franked by a Strip of Three pl.13 1/- Greens tied by light numerals & red oval transit d.s. endorsed "Sup. Mail via Bordeaux". Uruguay joined the UPU on 1 July 1880, and very few pre-UPU usages of GB registered envelopes have been recorded. Fine pair. [Both illust. in PSNC, pp.163/172.]Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY, QV, URUGUAY, RETURNED MAIL, LANCASHIRE - MANCHESTER