Auction: 166 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 695
Colombian airmails, mainly U.S. related flights, assembly comprising 11 covers, including two combination frankings Scadta-U.S. with involvement of the Colombian airline from Cristóbal and the first flight Miami-Canal Zone, two items with U.S. frankings featuring cachet of the first flight from Cristóbal to Cartagena-Barranquilla-Curaçao, the other, non philatelically inspired and returned to the sender, with Scadta c.d.s.'s of Barranquilla and Cartagena applied on both ways of the journey, U.S. stationery envelope uprated with adhesives and sent to Germany with "Katapultflug" marking of the "Bremen", incoming mail from Germany carried by ship from New York from where it was forwarded by air to Colombia, two covers from Cuba to Colombia with Scadta c.d.s.'s and Clipper marking of the first flight Cienfurgos-Kingston-Barranquilla, scarce airmail from Colombia with Scadta 1923 30c sent to Havana, first flight from Cristóbal to Buenaventura & Tumaco, German Boemia-Moravia franking on cover to Colombia with high denominations, an interesting group in very fine condition.
Sold for
$270