Sale 1229 Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

COLOMBIA, 1920, 10c Red Brown, Air Post - April 16, 1922 Flight (C11C; Sanabria 16). Used with National 3c tied by boxed Medellin Apr. 16, 1922 datestamp and additional oval handstamp on cover to Medellin, additional Medellin Apr. 16 backstamp, Very Fine, particularly scarce with the 10c Red Brown, this contested flight has two varying reports, one indicates pilot Guicciardi Ferruccio arrived in Medellin on Apr. 16 after he got lost enroute and suffered crashes and delayed for weeks, another report notes he left on Apr. 16 and arrived in Medellin on Jul. 26, regardless a fascinating flight ripe for further research (Image Magnifier)