Lot 10126 – 1864 Cover front from Bogota to France, with 1863 10c blue tied by oval « BOGOTA » hs

1864 Cover front from Bogota to France, with 1863 10c blue tied by oval « BOGOTA » hs, paying the internal letter rate, most likely carried to the British P.O. of Santa Martha and put aboard the RMSP « Tyne » to St. Thomas and onward to Southampton on RMSP « Shannon », with « GB/1F60c » accountancy hs, French entry and « 8 » decimes charge hs, filing fold affecting franking; only three items are known bearing this value addressed to a transatlantic destination; cert. Moorhouse (2014).