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    Tulua Local Issue 1860: Large part of cover to Bolivar, franked on reverse with Tulua local issue handstamped "TULUA / FRANCA" in blue oval, imperforate on white wove paper in a vertical strip of four, each stamps numbered in manuscript black ink "No. 454 / No. 460 / No. 466 / No 471" suggesting a 'sheet' size of at least six subjects horizontally; each stamp further endorsed in manuscript "0.50 miles" in violet ink and cancelled again in manuscript "Tulua": nowadays a journey by road from Tulua to Bolivar is a distance of 45 kms. An extraordinary cover, there are believed to be just three examples of this usage known.rnProvenance: Corinphila sale 107, 13-19 September 1998, lot 4573.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,400 CHF