15c Brown & Blue, Ty. I (118). Tied by rosette cancel and duplex "New-York Jun. 1" circular datestamp on 3c Pink entire (U59) to Cartagena, Colombia, and forwarded to Monteria, large red "8" credit handstamp, "Albert Mathieu & Co. Carthagena N.G." blue double-oval forwarder's handstamp on back, neatly docketed with Jun. 30, 1869 receipt date

VERY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE COVER. THE 15-CENT TYPE I AND 3-CENT ENTIRE PAY THE 18-CENT RATE TO THE GULF COAST BY BRITISH PACKET VIA ASPINWALL (COLON). THIS IS THE ONLY RECORDED 1869 PICTORIAL COVER TO COLOMBIA.

The 18c rate to the Gulf Coast included 10c for carriage from New York to Aspinwall (Colon) and 8c (credit) for British transit to Carthagena. The forwarder in Carthagena arranged for delivery to the addressee in Monteria, about 120 miles south. There are no other covers to Colombia listed in the 1869 PRA Census.

Illustrated in Searing article on 15c Type I covers (Chronicle 108) and in color in 1869 PRA Census (p. 135). Ex Juhring and Coulter. With 2006 P.F. certificate.

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