1864 Cover front from Bogota to France, with 1863 10c blue tied by oval "BOGOTA" hs, paying the internal letter rate, most likely carried to the British P.O. of Santa Martha and put aboard the RMSP "Tyne" to St. Thomas and onward to Southampton on RMSP "Shannon", with "GB/1F60c" accountancy hs, French entry and "8" decimes charge hs, filing fold affecting franking; only three items are known bearing this value addressed to a transatlantic destination; cert. Moorhouse (2014). (Image)

1865 (Jun) Large part cover from Bogota to France, with 1865 10c violet tied by oval "BOGOTA" hs, paying the internal letter rate, carried to the British P.O. of Santa Martha (JU 28 bs) and put aboard the RMSP "Eider" to St. Thomas and onward to Southampton on RMSP "Seine", via London JY 29, with "GB/1F60c" accountancy hs, French entry and "8" decimes charge hs, scissor cut at top right on stamp and minor soiling at top, missing lower backflap. (Image)

1867 (April). Envelope from Bogota to Paris, France, with 1866 10c lilac, good to large margins showing frame lines , tied by "BOGOTA" oval hs, carried to St. Martha and put aboard French line A SS "Washington" with April 5th "LIGNE A / PAQ. FR. No.2" cds adjacent, further April 14th strike on reverse along with Paris cds and "10" decimes charge on arrival, very fine and attractive franking; one of the finest, if not the finest, of fewer than five transatlantic covers recorded bearing this stamp; signed Miro, cert. PF (2005). (Image)

Great Britain. 1868 (Feb 6). Front from Manchester to Bogota, with 1867-80 2s pl.1 pair, in possibly the scarcer milky blue shade, tied by "498" numerals with despatch cds adjacent, paying the quadruple rate, endorsed "Per French Steamer" and "Supplementary Bag", routed via St. Nazaire on the French Line A SS "Nouveau Monde", transiting St. Marta on route to Bogota where it received "SANTAMARTA / DEBE" blue oval hs and "50" centimes hs; a rare high value franking, probably the highest rate we have seen to Colombia; (SG £2'000 x 2). (Image)