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Auction: SW1019 - The Collectors' Series incl. Colombia, Italian P.O.'s in China, Bulgaria, Rumania, Fiscals & Aeronautical Memorabilia
Lot: 1160

Colombian AirmailsCompañía Colombiana de Navegación AéreaSecond Issue1920, March 6, Third Flight. Commercial cover addressed to Paris, flown from Cartagena to Barranquilla, carried at double rate with two 10c. green, both tied by "CCNA/Agencia de Cartagena" oval handstamp, additionally franked to pay the national post with 3c. (2) and 4c., tied by "Correo Aéreo./Cartagena-Colombia." c.d.s. Only one piece (see previous lot) and five covers are recorded from this flight, -all represent usages on the first day of issue-, of which two are the only items known bearing this issue and addressed to a foreign destination, this being superior as a result of exhibiting two examples. A highly significant and desirable cover. Cert. Rendon, signed Calves. Scott C11. Ex Peinado. Photo

Estimate
€1,500