CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 3

1877: Liberty 20 c. blue, a diagonally bisected example used on 1881 cover to Hamburg, superbly tied by serrated oval "PANAMÁ" handstamp in black. Circular "LIGNE D / PAQ. FR. No. 1" Paquebot datestamp (July 22) in red (Salles fig. 1471) and carried on the "Ol. Rodrigues" from Colon to Bordeaux. Reverse, top flap missing, with Buenaventura sender's cachet in blue and Hamburg arrival cds (Aug 18) in black. Rare. Signed R. Mondolfo.