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Auction: 163 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1206

#20 1861-62, 20c Red, an extraordinary example from the bottom right margin of the sheet, clear to wide margins on other two sides, being enormous at base, cancelled by “Bogotá” oval handstamp, showing traces of a stamp appearing sideways in lower margin, which proves that the bottom row was printed in this way, no large multiples or complete sheets are in existence, therefore, this very important unique piece is the earliest proof in Colombian philately of a bottom row of the sheet printed sideways; 2008 Bortfeldt certificate, stated to be “a very important piece of Colombian classic philately”;

Sold for
$400