Auction 333-341 Europe & Overseas Americas (North, Central & South America) - Day 1

1863: 20 c. red, type A, used on cover from Matanza to Bucaramanga, cut into right side and touched across top left otherwise clear to wide margins, tied neatly by a two-line "MATANZA / FRANCA" handstamp in black, a rare cancellation, wrapper has been folded vertically well clear of stamp, is stained and soiled especially to reverse which is browned and erroded in places, however an extremely rare stamp on cover; one of two recorded. Cert. Bortfeldt (2008). Ex the Brian Moorhouse Estate.
Provenance: Ex The 'Esmeralda' Collection, Investphila, 21-22 March 2009, lot 1756.