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Auction: SW1009B - The Collector's Series - Latin America
Lot: 1112

1921, "$ 030 c", violet surcharge on 50c. pale green, vertical pair and diagonal half used as 15c. on large commercial envelope to New York carried on the 27 October Flight from Bogotá to Barranquilla, which was completed by the "Colombia", with the SCADTA franking, amounting 75c. for a weight of 40 grams, tied by "Sociedad Colombo-Alemana/De/Transportes Aéreos" three-line handstamp, whereas the national postage of 3c. (2), also paying the 40 grams fee for a double-rated business mail, was cancelled by "Agencia Postal Despacho Exterior" c.d.s. of Barranquilla in October. Minor imperfections are of not importance for this exceptional rarity. Illustrated in both Kessler's and Gebauer handbooks dedicated to the Colombian airmails. Eugenio Gebauer described in his "The Air Post of Colombia" book this cover, together with the other three "American Woolen Products Company" covers -also bearing cut-off adhesives to represent a reduced denomination, and all included in this Spink Investphila sale- as "THE GREATEST FIND IN SCADTA STAMPS", emphasizing the fact that these items are commercial correspondences and each one unique. Of these four covers, this item is to be considered as the most important. An extraordinary and unique franking exhibiting a bisect of the provisional surcharged issues. The fact that this item represents a commercial mail enhances and confirms its high degree of importance. One of the greatest gems of Colombian aerophilately. Colomphil 8b; Scott C24. Ex Philip G. Cole, Eugenio Gebauer and Debby Friedman.

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