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Auction: SW1006 - The Collector's Series, including important Chile and Portugal
Lot: 658

1859, 20c. bright ultramarine, stone A, just shaved in one corner of the octagonal design, clear to large margins in other respects, in refulgent colour, cancelled by “0” numeral handstamp in blue, paying the single rate not exceeding 10 grams for a distance between 450 and 1,350 km on cover to Bogotá with its content separated in a further lettersheet inside. The content is datelined "Santamarta Sete. 1 de 1859", on 1st September 1859, this being the official first day of issue (see also the previous lot). One of two covers recorded exhibiting stamps used on the first day of issue, both representing the second earliest date of usage, and possessing a characteristic of great significance and outstanding consequence in America: these two Colombian items are the only first day covers of any American first issue. Cert. Bortfeldt. Scott 6.

Estimate
€6,000