1877 (2 Jan.) entire to Faro, Portugal, showing superb 'Pago Em Macao' Crowned Circle hand-stamp with additional dated Macao circular date-stamp, also struck with '50' and boxed 'Via de Gibraltar' in red, with Lisbon and Faro arrival handstamps on reverse. Trivial corner fault from opening at lower left though an extraordinary showpiece with a beautifully crisp Crowned Circle. Superb. B.P.A. Certificate (2015)
