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Auction: SW1019 - The Collectors' Series incl. Colombia, Italian P.O.'s in China, Bulgaria, Rumania, Fiscals & Aeronautical Memorabilia
Lot: 1290

ColombiaStampless MailSpanish Colonial Period1808. Cover from Medellín to Santa Fé de Antioquia, with notations inside regarding a criminal case with reference to sorcery, carried at single "2" reales rate in a distance of 12 leagues, with "Medellin" & "Franca" straight-line handstamps in red. This colonial marking is supposedly the oldest of this city and it is believed to have been used from 1790 to 1810; of the just 7-8 covers recorded, this is the only example with date. Ex Santa María. Photo

Estimate
€250