Lot 61623 – 1864 20c blue, on very rare judicial cover to Ecuador

1864 20c blue, cut slightly into at top, otherwise good margins, used on judicial wrapper with endorsement of the district judge at Obando addressed to the district mayor of Ambato (Ecuador), paying a double weight letter rate, cancelled on the border between Colombia and Ecuador with “Ipiales” in ms; Ecuador is an extremely rare destination in the whole classic Colombian period -South American destinations, except Venezuela, are extremely rare or non existent in classic Colombia, and foreign mail is mainly recorded to Europe and the U.S.- (this item originating from one of the various surviving judicial archives in Ecuador); only four covers sent abroad are recorded bearing this value (unique to Ecuador), this being further enhanced by the rare cancellation; cert. Bortfeldt (2007); ex Frohlich.