Santa Fe Collections of South America and the Middle East
January 11, 2012
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #65 COLOMBIA Air Post 1920 Compania Colombiana de Navegacion Aerea was founded September 28, 1919. In February 1920, the C.C.N.A. obtained a franchise to fly between Cartagena and Barranquilla and was authorized to issue its own stamps. This was facilitated by overprinting "Compania Colombiana de Navegacion Aerea Porte Aereo" and surcharging "$0.10" on the Curtiss Aereo Plane & Motor Co. advertising labels. Less than 100 of each of the nine types were produced. These stamps were used on two first flights on February 22, 1920 from Cartagena and returning March 4 from Barranquilla. In July 1920, the air mail concession was passed to SCADTA. The C.C.N.A. ceased to operate in April, 1922. This lot consists of the complete set of nine values, unused without gum as issued, fresh and in very fine condition, with large margins all around, without the usual faults that plague this most popular air post issue, signed Herbert Bloch, Sanabria, Irwin Heiman, Enzo Diena and others, with Friedl Expert Committee certificates from the 1970s and (*) Catalog #C2-10 Catalog Value EUR 48,250 | Price Realized $26,000.00 |
