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Auction: 166 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 396

#23, 1861-62 1p Lilac on bluish, five used examples in three different shades, mainly well margined, otherwise two touching on one or two sides, exhibiting manuscript cancellations of Cali and Popayán, oval handstamps of Bogotá and "Cipaquirá/Franca" type, one stamp with repaired pin hole and two with minor usual fault; it is to be noted the remarkable difficulty of gathering five examples of this very rare stamp -which is anyway plagued by faults-. Cat. value $1,000.

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