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Auction: SW1019 - The Collectors' Series incl. Colombia, Italian P.O.'s in China, Bulgaria, Rumania, Fiscals & Aeronautical Memorabilia
Lot: 1009

ColombiaFirst Issue1859, 5c. grey blue, stone B, position 38, featuring the "50" centavos instead of "5" transfer error, graced by wide balanced margins, being close but clear at base, cancelled by Bogotá "eyeglass" handstamp. During the process of transfer, a cliché of the 20c. denomination was erroneously placed in position 38 of the stone B sheet; the "2" of the "20" was converted into a "5" but the "0" was not erased, resulting in this error. Illustrated on page 29 of Dieter Bortfeldt's "Colombia Philatelic Handbook and Catalogue". Tiny closed tear at right of little significance for this rarity. Only five examples of the "50" centavos transfer error are recorded, being considered as one of the scarcest varieties in classic Colombia, with most of the five having imperfections and this example being one of the two finest considering the appearance from the front, both as a result of exhibiting a clean and light strike of the cancellation which allows to leave the design very clear. A significant rarity of Latin American stamps. Cert. Bortfeldt. Scott 2b. Photo

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