U.S. and Worldwide Stamps
June 9-10, 2010

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Lot #193
COLOMBIA
1859 5c blue, pos.34, Stone B, left sheet margin example, tied by black manuscript cancel on outer 1860 (26 June) FL from Cucuta to Maracaibo, Venezuela, filing fold away from the stamp, v.f. An exceptional showpiece item, signed Buhler, with 2008 Moorhouse cert.
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Catalog #3var
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Lot #194
COLOMBIA
1859 5c gray lilac and 10c orange red, both with full margins all around, tied by oval "Cartagena Franca" cancel on 1860 (June 10) FL to Mompos, with "15c" manuscript endorsement at upper left, filing folds away from the stamps, v.f. and rare piece of classic Colombian postal history, with 2008 Moorhouse cert., ex-Londono
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Catalog #3-4
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Lot #195
COLOMBIA
1859 FL to Quito, Ecuador, franked with 10c orange red, full margins to just touching at bottom, tied by faint "Pasto.de.Oficio" cancel, filing fold well away from the stamp, fine. The contents of the letter date it to November/December 1859. A major South American rarity, as this is the only recorded First Issue usage to Ecuador, with 2008 Moorhouse cert.
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Catalog #4var
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Lot #196
COLOMBIA
1859 10c ocher (shade), margins all around including adjoining stamp at right, tied by faint "S.Jose.de Cucuta.Franca" cancel on (Dec. 6) outer FL from Cucuta to Maracaibo, Venezuela, filing fold away from the stamp, v.f., with 2008 Moorhouse cert.
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Catalog #4var
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Lot #197
COLOMBIA
1859 10c dull orange (shade), margins all around, tied by neat "La Mesa" manuscript cancel on outer FL to Bogota, filing fold and some staining away from the stamp, otherwise v.f., one of only three known covers from this correspondence, with 2008 Moorhouse cert.
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Catalog #4var
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Lot #198
COLOMBIA
1859 (8 Oct) 10c orange yellow, horizontal pair, full margins all around, tied by blue oval "Santa Marta Franca" cancel on outer FL to Medellin, filing fold away from the stamp, v.f. and important classic rarity, as this is the only known 10c First Issue pair on cover, signed Muller, with 2008 Moorhouse cert., ex-Neuberger & Hubbard
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Catalog #4var
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Lot #199
COLOMBIA
1860 10c yellow, margins all around, tied by striking "Bogota" cancel in black on FL (Oct. 11) to Ambalema, filing fold away from the stamp and marginal fault at lower right well outside the design, otherwise v.f., with 2008 Moorhouse cert., ex-Hubbard
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Catalog #11
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Lot #200
COLOMBIA
1860 10c yellow, large margins all around, tied by oval "La Mesa Franco" cancel on blue on 1861 (Feb. 25) FL to Bogota, some inconsequential marginal toning, still v.f. and rare Colombian postal history item, with 1965 BPA cert. and 2008 Moorhouse cert.
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Catalog #11
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Lot #201
COLOMBIA
1860 (Sep. 2) outer FL from Bogota to Ambalema, franked with 20c blue, three large margins including part of adjoining stamp at top, just touching at bottom, tied by oval Bogota cancel, with red sender's cachet at upper left, filing fold away from the stamp, fine and rare cover, with 2008 Moorhouse cert., ex-Hubbard
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Catalog #12
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Lot #202
COLOMBIA
1861 undated outer FL from Salinas to Bogota, franked with New Granada 5c pale yellow horizontal pair, margins all around, cancelled "Chita Franca" in black (Salinas and Chita are the same location), with sender's wax seal showing the origin (Salinas), filing folds and cover flaws away from the stamps, v.f., one of only four covers known from this correspondence and the only franked with pair of 5 cents and the remarkable "Chita" cancel, with 2008 Moorhouse certificate "acknowledged as one of the finest of the few known 'New Granada' covers", ex-Londono
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Catalog #14
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