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Lot# 4158 - 186-190 Auction

  • Lot# : 4158 Colombia

    20 c. deep red, the famous used vertical strip of three, with enormous margins all round for this issue, of excellent rich colour and presumably from an early state of the stone, cancelled by pearled BOGOTÁ handstamps in black. Attractive and of great rarity - the largest known multiple of this stamp. Signed Brun; cert. Moorhouse (2012).
    Provenance: Collection Newbury; Burrus; Hubbard (Nov 1984), lot 141.
    Starting bid : 3,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 5,000 CHF