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  • Lot# : 123 Colombia

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    1863 50 c. green and 1864 20 c. red, both with clear to large margins all round, used on 1865 registered cover to Bogota tied by manuscript 'Natagaima' cancellation. Cover with 'X' markings at edges (7) to denote registration (the letter contained 67 banknotes) and with manuscript 'Certificacion a Natagaima / Salio en 29 de Junio de 1865' alongside the adhesives. Receipted inside the cover at Bogota (July 4). A remarkable and extremely rare franking: the sole recorded usage of the 50 c. on letter. Exhibition item. Cert. Moorhouse (2014).

    Provenance: Collection 'Gordon N. John' (Nov 1984), lot 194.
    Starting bid : 3,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 5,500 CHF