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    Panama-Portovelo-Cartagena-Santa Marta-Riohacha Route 1810c.: Cover at triple rate from Santa Marta to Antioquia via Barranca Del Rey, Nare and Yolombo; distance 273 league / 1'521 kms., struck with framed contracted STA MARTA / YNDIAS / FRANCA in red (Tizon 6 = RRR) with manuscript "5" reales prepaid notation alongside and superb impression of framed patriotic VIVA / FERNANDO / VII handstamp in red (Tizon 2 = EXT). An exceptional cover, the patriotic handstamps were used during the period of the Spanish King's imprisonment by the French in the Napoleonic Wars.
    Provenance: Collection Santa Maria (S & L, Oct 1992), lot 115.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF