Lot# 4436 - 177-180 Auction
177-180 Auction
-> 178: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador - The Dr. Hugo Goeggel Collections (Part 1)
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Lot# : 4436 Scadta Colombia
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1921 (March 3): First Return Flight Girardot-Barranquilla, cover at double rate bearing vertical pair of 1920 SCADTA 30 c. black on rose and pair of 1920 5 c. blue all tied to 1920 cover endorsed "Por Hidraplano" at upper left, by neat Bogotá datestamps (March 2). The cover was flown from Girardot to Barranquilla (datestamp on reverse) and from there the mail was carried to New York by a United Fruit Company vessel. Extremely scarce, for further information see Edition D'Or.
Note: Believed to be the first recorded airmail cover to the USA from Colombia.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 1,600 CHF -
