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Lot# 56 - 177-180 Auction

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    1859: 5 c. violet blue, 10 c. red-brown and 20 c. bright blue, the magnificent usage of the three values on December 1859 cover to Ambalena, with Bogota sender's cachet in red at upper left (Mauricio Rizo) and the adhesives, all extremely fine, tied by oval framed "Bogotá" handstamps in black. A wonderful cover with manuscript docketing of receipt inside "Diciembre 19, 1859". One of only two recorded covers bearing three values of the first issue, illustrated in Bortfeldt "Colombia Philatelic Handbook and Catalogue, 1859-1868" on page 11. This famous and exceptional cover has graced many of the finest collections ever formed of this classic country and is a great rarity of classic and South American philately. Cert. Calves (2008).
    Provenance: Collection Charles Jewell, Colonel Wickersham, Jaime Londono Tamayo, Norman Hubbard.
    Starting bid : 40,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 40,000 CHF