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Auction: 163 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1203

#17, 1861 20c Red, vertical half in a very deep shade, coming from the top of the sheet with large balanced margins, used on part of cover front addressed to Medellín, cancelled "Nare" in manuscript, with manuscript "10c" notation alongside denoting the denomination of this bisected stamp, this being an extraordinary practice that required the endorsement to be stated, faint horizontal crease passes through the adhesive at base, not detracting, one of the only two examples recorded of a bisected usage in this issue; 2007 Bortfeldt certificate;

Estimate
$1,000 to $1,500