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Auction: SW1020 - Maritime Mail of Spanish Colonies in America
Lot: 201

PanamaOutgoing Mail1791, Dec. 4. Entire letter from Portobelo to Azpeitia (Spain), probably carried via Havana-Corunna, rated by hand at "6rs" as per an unpaid single weight letter, bearing fine and clear strike of Italic "Santa Fe." postmark, being handstamped at Portobelo. The Santa Fé postal district (Nueva Granada Viceroyalty) comprised territories in present-day Colombia and Panama. The "Santa Fe" postmark was not only used at Santa Fé de Bogotá, but also in the area of Santa Fé, as stipulated by postal rules of 1st September 1779.The only item recorded exhibiting the "Santa Fe" postmark applied in Panama, as well as one of just two covers known with this handstamp used outside Santa Fé de Bogotá.

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