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Auction: SW1019 - The Collectors' Series incl. Colombia, Italian P.O.'s in China, Bulgaria, Rumania, Fiscals & Aeronautical Memorabilia
Lot: 1001

ColombiaFirst Issue1859, 10c. orange and 20c. blue, one and two examples respectively, used during the first days of issue with framed datestamp of Medellín, including the second day of issue, 2 September, 10 & 11 September (cert. Bortfeldt). Two adhesives with faint tiny thin. A very difficult group, with only about ten stamps off cover used during the first month of issue; the 2 of September represents the earliest recorded date applied on an adhesive off cover, with this example being the title page illustration of Dieter Bortfeldt's "Colombia 150 Años del Primer sello Postal 1859-2009" handbook. Scott 4, 6. Photo

Estimate
€300