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  • Lot# : 3154 Scadta Colombia

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    1920 (March 11): Fourth Flight, cover from Cartagena to Barranquilla bearing 10 c. multicoloured imperforate vignette "Woman and Boy watching Plane" cancelled by "CCNA / Cartagena" oval cachet in violet with postage 3 c. lake-brown alongside tied by bold "Correo Aereo / Caratgena-Colombia" datestamp in violet. Circular "Agencia Kodak / Verga & Co. / Cartagena-Col." cachet at left and obverse also showing Barranquilla arrival datestamp, again in violet, dated March 11. File fold away from vignette and minor envelope imperfections but rare - one of just two recorded usages of a multicoloured 10 c. vignette used on the Fourth Flight.
    Provenance: Phillips (May 1990), lot 808; collection Boonshaft (February 1994), lot 130.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,800 CHF