Cartagena-Magdalena River-Santa Fê de Bogotá Route 1788 (March 26): Entire letter from Cartagena to Quito via Popayan, distance of 463 leagues, 2'580 km., struck with fine contracted CARTAGN handstamp in red with upright lettering (Tizon 2 = RR) and straight line FRANCA also in red below (Tizon 5 = RR) at left. Manuscript rated "5" reales in ink for a letter weighing up to ¾ ounce. Docket number 177 on reverse of a fine and rare entire.rnrnProvenance: Collection Dr. Hugo Goeggel, Corinphila sale 188, May 2014, lot 4005. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1792 (Jan 24): Prepaid entire letter from San Gil to Socorro with straight line S. GIL (Tizon 1 = EXT) and FRANCA (Tizon unrecorded), slightly shortened at the top, but still very attractive and an extremly rare usage.rnrnProvenance: Collection Dr. Hugo Goeggel, Corinphila sale 191, Nov 2014, lot 7. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1810 (April 20): Cover and part back prepaid from Zapotoca to San Gil with superb strike of ZAPOTOCA / FRANCA handstamp in red (Tizon unrecorded). Fresh, fine and extremely rare.rnrnProvenance: Collection Dr. Hugo Goeggel, Corinphila sale 191, Nov 2014, lot 18. (Image 1) (Image)

1810 (April 22): Entire letter from Leiva to San Gil with fine framed LEIVA / FRANCA handstamp struck in black (Tizon unrecorded), some minor worm-holes at right but attractive and very rare.rnrnProvenance: Collection Dr. Hugo Goeggel, Corinphila sale 191, Nov 2014, lot 19. (Image 1) (Image)

Santa Fê de Bogotá-Cartago-Quibdó Route 1812 (Oct 2): Prepaid entire letter written from Quibdó and mailed from Bebará to Camilo Torres in Santa Fê de Bogotá, distance of 180 leagues / 1'000 kms., with BEBARA and FRANCA handstamps (note inverted "N") each well struck in black (Tizon 2 and 4 = RRR). Rated "4" reales in manuscript for a single letter up to ½ ounce. Extremely rare, Bebará is 160 kms. north of Quibdó and can only be reached by boat on the Atrato and Bebará rivers. A famous cover, there are believed to be just three covers recorded from Bebará, all were in the Goeggel collection.rnrnProvenance: Collection Gordon Anstee, Robson Lowe, April 1981, lot 1024; Collection Dr. Hugo Goeggel, Corinphila sale 183, Sept 2013, lot 3033. (Image 1) (Image)

1859/66: Covers (2) with 1859 entire letter to New York showing superb oval "From / T. R. Cowan / Shipping & Commission Agent / Colon, New Granada" cachet in red on frontand carried outside the mails; also an 1866 cover to Paris struck with octahonal French Paquebot ASPINWALL / PAQ. FR. A. No. 1 in black (Salles fig. 1416) and carried on the Steamer 'Nouveau Monde'. A fine pair. (Image 1) (Image)

1920: "Ocean Liner" Multicoloured, the delightful hand-drawn and painted Essay, ink and watercolour design (61 x 39 mm.) on card (181 x 157 mm.), initially used for a Curtis publicity label that was, in turn, surcharged for Airmail usage by Compania Colombiana de Navegacion Aerea. Reverse with pencil notation "Artist Sketch - San. #10" on reverse. This extraordinary item was discovered in the estate of the late Alex Rendon in 2009. Unique. Cert. Moorhouse (2016).rnrnrn (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

Bolivar 1866: Cover and cover front, each used with diagonally bisected 1866 10 c. red, the front endorsed 'Con Impresos' and tied by manuscript "Sincelejos" and used to Cartagena, the cover dated December 1871 with the 10 c. bisect cancelled by "Soledad" manuscript in black, also used to Cartagena. Scarce and fine examples of the smallest first issue adhesive ever issued. (Image 1) (Image)