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Lot# 1548 - Auction 222-226

  • Lot# : 1548 Colombia

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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 were in the Goeggel collection.rnrnProvenance: Collection Gordon Anstee, Robson Lowe, April 1981, lot 1024; Collection Dr. Hugo Goeggel, Corinphila sale 183, Sept 2013, lot 3033.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF