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Lot# 139 - 191-195 Auction

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    1865: 20 c. blue, diagonally bisected example on a front of cover to Barranquilla tied by oval OCAÑA / FRANCA handstamp in black to pay the 10 centavos rate. Rare stamp bisected and a most unusual usage. Cert. Moorhouse (2014).

    Provenance: Corinphila sale 44 (March 1957), lot 4423.
                            Collection 'Gordon N. John' (Nov 1984), lot 247.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF