1857, folded letter dated "Rio de Janeiro 24 di Gennairo 1858" and endorsed "per Vapore Italia" addressed to Genoa, charged "11" upon arrival and superb strike of boxed "Vapori transatl." applied upon arrival in Genoa, the sole known letter carried on the last trip of the Transatlantica, very fine
The Transatlantica went bankrupt at the end of 1857. The packet Italia therefore left Rio secretly and carried the mail out of the expired postal convention with the Sardinian Kingdom. This was the last journey of the Transatlantica. The "Corriere Mercantile" of 19/02/58 reports the departure from Rio of the ship Italia, but no longer the nahme of the company
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