cover 430r Yellow (40), horizontal pair, with eight mm. sheet margin at top and good to large margins on the other sides, trivial scissors cut between stamps, used in combination with 1876 Dom Pedro rouletted 100r Green (65), on 1878 (Feb.) cover from Rio de J. to Paris, boldly cancelled by circle of v's cancels, with origin and transit (Bordeaux) c.d.s. adjacent, very fine, a scarce and attractive mixed issue franking est.