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Lot# 3158 - 182-185 Auction

  • Lot# : 3158 Scadta Colombia

    1920 (March 6): Third Flight, cover from Cartagena to Barranquilla bearing 10 c. multicoloured imperforate vignette "Tilted Plane" cancelled by "CCNA / Cartagena" oval cachet in violet with postage 3 c. brown-lake alongside tied by bold "Correo Aereo / Caratgena-Colombia" datestamp (March 6) in violet. Circular "Agencia Kodak / Verga & Co. / Cartagena-Col." cachet at left and reverse with Barranquilla arrival datestamp, again in violet. Exceptional and extremely rare - the sole recorded usage of a multicoloured 10 c. vignette used on this Flight. A rarity.
    Provenance: Collection Neuburger, Corinphila sale 69 (October 1982), lot 9184.
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,800 CHF