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Lot# 4024 - 186-190 Auction

  • Lot# : 4024 Colombia

    Santa Fé de Bogotá-Cartago-Quibdó Route 1806c.: Large judicial cover from Cartago to Antioquia, some acid ink faults, with "40¾" reales manuscript rate prepaid at 5 reales per ounce, travelling a distance of 173 leagues / 964 kms; struck with framed CARTAGO handstamp in red (Tizon 1 = EXT) and un-framed FRANCA below (Tizon 2 = EXT). Exceptional cover and believed to be the sole recorded example.
    Provenance: Collection F. Camino.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF