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Lot# 534 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 534 Bolivia

    Junkers' First Flight Cochabamba to Sucre 1925 (Aug. 5): 'Correo Aereo / a Sucre / 5-8-1925' ovpt. in green on 50 c. orange on semi official air post stamps (slightly centeredt o the top, two examples used on double rate envelope tied by oval 'Correos de Bolivia / Cochabamba' handstamp in violet. Fine and scarce usage as this Junkers F13 flight from Cochabamba to Sucre is the scarcest of the three flights destinations and believed to be one of only two known double rate usages. Ex the Brian Moorhouse estate.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF