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Auction: SW1013 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 59

1862, 20c. red, type II, vertical strip of three with good margins, bottom stamp with star after ''Cent'', slight creasing at top, together with 10c. blue (defective), both used on wrapper with some content still affixed, sent by the agent of the sub post office at Jirón to the main post office at San José de Cúcuta, dated 12 May 1863, decoratively cancelled in manuscript ''Jirón''. Endorsed ''75 gramos - 70 centavos'' indicating weight and rate paid. Some soiling overall and imperfections to the franking, still though the second largest recorded 20c. multiple on cover. Cert. Bortfeldt. Scott 25, 26, 26a.

Sold for
€280