Corinphila Auction 284-290 Day 3

1862: 10 c. grey-blue, a fine large margined example on February 18, 1862 cover from Bogotá to Carlo Rasch in Ambalema, tied by bold strike of pearled BOGOTÁ handstamp in black. Docketing of receipt inside (Feb 22). One or two minor cover file folds but otherwise an immaculate and fresh cover. Extremely rare, there are just two covers known bearing this adhesive and just six covers known from the 1862 issue as a whole. An Exhibition item par excellence. Cert. Moorhouse (2012).rnProvenance: Collection Saul Newbury; Collection Maurice Burrus; Collection Dr. Norman Hubbard, Siegel, New York,14 Nov 1984, lot 127; Collection Dr. Hugo Goeggel, Corinphila sale 183, Sept 2013, lot 3123; Collection E. Langlais.