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  • Lot# : 1560 Scadta Colombia

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    1920 (Feb 22): Multicolores 'Fuselage & Tail of Biplane' 10 c. imperforate vignette, a superb used example with 1918 3 c. red tied to cover addressed to Medellin and endorsed 'Via Correo Aereo a Barranquilla', by oval CCNA handstamp in violet and by Cartagena circular datestamp (Feb 22) in violet and arrival datestamp in violet on reverse. A rare First Flight cover (especially to a destination other than Barranquilla), the Multicolores with some minor creasing and wrinkles of no significance: only 10 covers recorded with this, the rarest of all the designs. Signed Irwin Heiman, Herbert Bloch. Cert.Friedl (1978) and Moorhouse (2014) Scott = $ 3'800 off cover.rnrnProvenance: Collection Jack Boonshaft, Harmers, London, Dec 1993, lot 2073; Collection Dr. Hugo Goeggel, Corinphila sale 191, Nov 2014, lot 194.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,500 CHF