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  • Lot# : 4046 Colombia

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    5 c. blue and 20 c. blue, fine four margined examples used on outer letter sheet from Santa Marta to Gregorio Gutierrez in Bogotá, tied by oval SANTAMARTA / FRANCA handstamp in red; paying the double letter rate (above 10 and under 15 grams), for a distance between 450 and 1350 km. Illustrated in Colombian Philatelic Handbook on page 14. Exceptional cover and very rare. Signed Herbert Bloch; cert. Moorhouse (2012).
    Provenance: Corinphila, sale 87 (Oct 1993) lot 3535.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,400 CHF