Auction 333-341 Europe & Overseas Americas (North, Central & South America) - Day 1

1859: First Issue, 2½ c. olive-green, horizontal strip of three, positions 4-5-6, used, cancelled by a blue "MEDELLIN / FRANCA" framed oval, left side cut into otherwise large margins, tiny pin hole and thin, otherwise fine and scarce. Cert. Bortfeldt (2008). Additionally, comes with a selection of three singles and a horizontal pair of the same stamp in green, olive green and deep grean, all used. Ex the Brian Moorhouse Estate.