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Lot# 3501 - Auction 321-332

  • Lot# : 3501 Panama

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    1807: Entire letter from Panama to Santa Fè de Bogotá (New Granada), dated 30 September 1807, addressed to Camilo Torres, with superb strikes of the 'PANAMÀ' straightline handstamp (Tizon 2 = RR) in combination with a superb "FRANCA" handstamp (Tizon 4 = RRR), both in red, indicating pre-payment, exceptional quality, extremely rare; one of four letters reported with both marks, this being the earliest known and by far the better example and only twenty-one covers with the 'PANAMÀ' handstamp are recorded during the Colonial Period.rnNote: Camilo Torres  (1766 - 1816), was a Colombian Politician credited as being an early founder of the Panama nation due to his fight for independence from Spain. He was executed for treason against the Spanish monarchy.rnReference: Copacarta, September 1992, Jim Cross (described this cover as the only reported letter with both marks, subsequently an additional example was discovered, dated 2 December 1808 which sold at the Dr Hugo Goeggel sale, Corinphila, February 2013, lot 4264, (CHF 2'600) and later ex Alfredo Frohlich, Robert A. Siegel, 4 December 2018, lot 1504, ($1'400).
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,500 CHF