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Auction: SW1019 - The Collectors' Series incl. Colombia, Italian P.O.'s in China, Bulgaria, Rumania, Fiscals & Aeronautical Memorabilia
Lot: 1248

Colombian AirmailsSociedad Colombo-Alemana de Transportes Aéreos (SCADTA)Consular Mail"E.U." Estados Unidos (United States). 1928, Nov. 23. Cover from New York to Bogotá, franked by 1922-25 2c., 5c. (defective) and 10c., in combination with Scadta machine overprinted 5c. & 15c. each in block of four, and registration stamp 20c., all cancelled by "Vuelo/New York-Bogotá/Aeroplano 'Ricaurte'/Piloto: Benjamín Méndez/Suscripción levantada por/'Mundo -al-Día' 1928"six-lines handstamp. Only 25 covers were carried by Méndez in this flight (it is also included a small fragment bearing 30c. with the benjamín Méndez overprint and the signature of the pilot alongside). The only registered cover recorded of this flight. Scott CLEU50, CLEU52, CFLEU3. Photo

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