Corinphila Auction 291-297 Day 4

1861: 20 c. red and 5 c. buff used on the famous large part 1861 entire letter from Bogotá addressed to the Apostolic Nunciature in Madrid, prepaid to Cartagena and franked at double rate for the charge from one state to another, the 5 c. buff (position 23) with large margins all round and the 20 c. clear to large all round, tied by pearled BOGOTÁ handstamp in black and, on arrival, by Spanish "12 Rs." due marking in blue. British P.O. CARTAGENA datestamp of transit at left (Dec 3) being a mirror image from the cover above. One flap missing but a fantastic cover, one of just two known addressed to an overseas destination franked by the 1861 issue and the sole recorded combination usage of the 20 centavos on letter. Cert. Moorhouse (2012).rnProvenance: Collection Saul Newbury; Collection Dr. Norman Hubbard (Nov 1984), lot 101; Collection Dr. Hogo Goeggel, Corinphila sale 178, Feb 2013, lot 4367; Collection E. Langlais.