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Lot# 406 - 205-209 Auction

  • Lot# : 406 Colombia

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    1860: 5 c.grey-lilac with large margins all round used with wove paper 10 c. yellow-buff, just touched at lower right and crossed by file fold, on May 1, 1860 entire letter to Rio Negro cancelled by pearled oval BOGOTÁ handstamp in black. A splendid entire from this newly found small correspondence, the 25 centavos franking paying the rate for a triple weight (16-20 grams) letter carried up to 450 kms. A rarity of the issue and a most attractive and rare entire. Cert. Moorhouse (2016).

    Note: Gibbons list June 1860 as the issue date for this set, we believe the stamps were actually issued in early March 1860.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,200 CHF