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ColombiaClassic Issues1859, 5c. blue, stone A, together with 20c. blue, stone A, both being very
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ColombiaClassic Issues1859, 5c. blue, stone A, together with 20c. blue, stone A, both being very fresh and largely margined, on envelope featuring embossed oval of the British Consulate at Cartagena on reverse, matching the endorsement in Spanish at lower left on front by the sender, addressed to Juan Antonio Calvo at Mompós, Governor and first President of the State of Bolívar, both stamps tied by "Cartagena/Franca" oval handstamp, with the 25 centavos paying the triple weight rate from 15 to 20 grams of this large envelope for a distance between 150 and 450 km., carried along the Dique Channel to Calamar, thence along the Magdalena River to destination. Faint vertical fold passing through the 20c. adhesive, and not being apparently impinging on the stamp. Of the only five covers recorded bearing this combination franking, this is unique by exhibiting these different values in this very similar, virtually same shade, this being an exceptional feature which make them come into view as identical denominations in colour; in addition, the only item known from a British consulate in the first issue. Scott 2, 6. Ex Londoño and Frohlich.
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ColombiaClassic Issues1859, 5c. blue, stone A, together with 20c. blue, stone A, both being very fresh and largely margined, on envelope featuring embossed oval of the British Consulate at Cartagena on reverse, matching the endorsement in Spanish at lower left on front by the sender, addressed to Juan Antonio Calvo at Mompós, Governor and first President of the State of Bolívar, both stamps tied by "Cartagena/Franca" oval handstamp, with the 25 centavos paying the triple weight rate from 15 to 20 grams of this large envelope for a distance between 150 and 450 km., carried along the Dique Channel to Calamar, thence along the Magdalena River to destination. Faint vertical fold passing through the 20c. adhesive, and not being apparently impinging on the stamp. Of the only five covers recorded bearing this combination franking, this is unique by exhibiting these different values in this very similar, virtually same shade, this being an exceptional feature which make them come into view as identical denominations in colour; in addition, the only item known from a British consulate in the first issue. Scott 2, 6. Ex Londoño and Frohlich.
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