Encircled
Red "MA / NILA"
1776 AUGUST
2: MANILA to ROME
Via ACAPULCO
- MEXICO CITY - VERA CRUZ - CADIZ
Belletti lettersheet
carried by the annual
Manila Galleon.
Rated in
Manila with manuscript "3" Reales de Plata,
the monetary
unit for Spanish Colonies and upon arrival in Cadiz with "4.U." Reales
de Vellon,
the monetary
unit for Spain.
ONE OF ONLY
TWO KNOWN
THE EARLIEST
USAGE IN ASIA
OF A POSTMARK
THAT CLEARLY IDENTIFIES
THE ORIGIN
OF THE LETTER
Also exist
in black. Only one cover known.
