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Santa Fé de Bogotá-Cartago-Quibdó Route 1812 (Oct 2): Prepaid entire letter written from Quibdó and mailed from Bebará to Camilo Torres in Santa Fé de Bogotá, distance of 180 leagues / 1'000 kms., with BEBARA and FRANCA handstamps (note inverted "N") each well struck in black (Tizon 2 and 4 = RRR). Rated "4" reales in manuscript for a single letter up to ½ ounce. Extremely rare, Bebará is 160 kms. north of Quibdó and can only be reached by boat on the Atrato and Bebará rivers. A famous cover, there are believed to be just three covers recorded from Bebará, all are in the Goeggel collection.
Provenance: Collection G. Anstee (April 1981), lot 1024.Ausruf : 400 CHFZuschlag : 400 CHF -
