Corinphila Auction 284-290 Day 3

1844 (May 4*): Cover from Santiago to General Tomas Cipriano de Mosquera at this time Colombian Ambassador to Peru in Lima, endorsed "Vapor Chile" at top with "FRANCA" and "SANTIAGO" handstamps in red of despatch, two line PSNC "VAPOR CHILE / P" in red below and charged '1' (real) in manuscript. A fine and rare cover.rnrn*Note: General Tomas Cipriano de Mosquera (1798-1878) was a freedom fighter in the Wars of Independence and past President of Colombia. Between 1842 and 1845 he was Colombian Ambassador to Peru, Bolivia and Chile based in Lima. The cover is archive dated by the late Juan Santa Maria who discovered the archive.