Lot 40969 – One of the Best UNITED STATES OF NEW GRENADA Cover
Lot 40969 – One of the Best UNITED STATES OF NEW GRENADA Cover
Colombia
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Price realised
Unsold
Estimate
26’000 EUR
Auction date
Tue 23 Jun 2015 at 17:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
One of the Best UNITED STATES OF NEW GRENADA Covers
Undated folded cover from Salinas to Bogota franked by a horizontal pair of the 1861 5c pale yellow, neatly cancelled by double-oval “CHITA / FRANCA” cancellation (Salinas and Chita are the same location).
An exceptional item and one of only four letters known from this correspondence, this being the only one franked with a 5c pair and the only one with the “CHITA / FRANCA” cancellation. Acknowledged as one of the finest of the very few known “New Grenada” covers,
Expertise: Cert. Brian Moorhouse (2008)
Provenance: Londoño Catalogue ref: 14
Auction
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