Santa Fe Collections of South America and the Middle East
January 11, 2012
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #61 COLOMBIA Air Post 1919 First Experimental Air Mail Flight, Barranquilla to Puerto Colombia to Barranquilla by American aviator William Knox Martin, June 18, 1919. On this occasion, 200 copies of 2centavo stamps were overprinted at Barranquilla Printing Office. This was executed in horizontal strips of ten, which were severed with a guillotine knife, causing horizontal perforations to have a "cut" appearance. Of the total stamps issued, 160 were used on covers on the special flight. An unused left sheet margin single, unused without gum, v.f. and scarce positional piece, signed Herbert Bloch etc., (*) Catalog #C1 Catalog Value $3,500 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
