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  • Lot# : 128 Colombia

    1845 (March 19): Entire letter written in Ocaña with manuscript rate 1½ reales at top left, fine oval OCAÑA / FRANCA of despatch. Transit of JAMAICA / SHIP LETTER handstamp on obverse in black and reverse with KINGSTON AP 29 1845 JAMAICA transit cds and "London arrival (June 4) cds in red. Rated 1/4d. to pay, a pristine cover from the Huth correspondence.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 129 Colombia

    1859 (Aug 27): Entire letter from Bogotá to Rionegro struck with watery strikes of oval BOGOTÁ / FRANCA in blue with internal rate marking '20' alongside in same ink. Docketing of receipt (Aug 9) inside: unusual usage showing the early application of the Rate Tariff formally introduced on 1st September 1859.
    Starting bid : 80 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 130 Colombia

    1859 (Aug 27): Entire letter from Bogotá to New York struck with fair only BOGOTA / FRANCA oval in blue on despatch, superb large circular ADMINISTRACION DE CORREOS DE COLON / FRANCA in red. Oval FORWARDED BY / C.J.FOX / ASPINWALL Agent's cachet on front in red and two differing rate markings '20' in blue on front (internal charge in centavos) and '25' in blue on reverse (Sobreporte charge for Mail handled by the British Consul in Cartagena) - showing the early application of the Rate Tariff formally introduced on 1st September 1859. The letter carried privately from Aspinwall with docketing of receipt verso (Sept 27). A fine and most attractive entire.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 131 Colombia

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    1860: 5 c. lilac-grey, First Stone position 53 and 10 c. yellow, First Stone, position 33 on the sheet of 55 subjects, each with large margins all round, used on cover from Guamo (Tolima) via Espinal, Ricaurte, Tocaima and La Mesa to Bogotá tied by manuscript "Guamo" in ink. The franking paying the double rate of 15 centavos for a distance above 150 kms. to 450 kms. for a letter under 10 grams. The addressee, Le Baron Célian Goury du Roslan, was the French Minister Plenipotentiary of France in Bogotá. A wonderful cover in the foremost quality with less than 10 genuine second issue covers recorded. Cert. Moorhouse (2012).rnrnProvenance: Collection Hugo Goeggel, Corinphila sale 188, May 2014, lot 4088.
    Starting bid : 4,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,200 CHF
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