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Auction 222
Notes for this auction
Two third of the lots are in custody in San Jose where local final transaction will occurred, the rest are in Louisiana. Postal shipments to Costa Rica, and other countries with unsafe postal administrations, will be at the recipient risk. Identical or similar lots at different reserves do not indicated different quality but different valuation opinion of owners. Next auction will concentrate on covers and postal stationery.
Send all bids and payments to Raul Hernandez, 4204 Haring Road, Metaire, LA 70006 USA
or rherna3870@aol.com . The closing date is April 2, 2016 at noon. The winning bid will be one raise over the next highest bid. All the lots may be illustrated in the Socorico Web Site with complete auction conditions. Bids a step above the second highest bid will be placed in our web site two and one week and one or two days prior the closing date. The same information can be obtained by phone, fax or mail from R. Hernandez. A buyer fee of 5% will be charged, but it will be waived if payment is received within 15 days after notification. If no payment is received 30 days after notification the lot will be assigned to the second highest bidder. The cost of postage is additional. Packages over $100 will be sent insured and foreign ones will be sent airmail registered at the recipient risk. Consult www.usps.com for postage rates.
Catalogue price reference is "Scott Standard Catalogue", other reference numbers are the "Costa Rica Postal Catalogue Fourth Edition 2014" or "Costa Rica Revenue Stamp Catalogue 2006". Low value stamps are not graded; in a lot the overall grade represents the highest value stamps. Submit items for next auction by May 15, 2016 by noon to Hector Mena, P.O. Box 14831, Baton Rouge LA 70898.
Abbreviations o/p: overprint, s/c: surcharge, cc: circular cancellation, ng: no gum, og: original gum, nh: no hinged, FDC: first day cover, mint or MNH: mint never hinged, regist: registered, bk: block, i: irregular shape, RUC: right upper corner, RLC: right lower corner, LUC: lower upper corner, LLC: left lower corner. Commercial covers - unless specified these covers may have stamps of other contemporary issues. All covers from San Jose or to San Jose unless specified.
| Consigment 1 |
| Lot | Description | Reserve |
| Suface Mail |
| 001 | Sc61 4c "T" cancellation, perf 11x14 | 10.00 |
| 002 | Sc65a 25c bar cancellation, vertical pair right side of pane, perf 14x14 | 5.00 |
| 003 003a | Sc66 1907 50c full gum hinge | 38.00 |
| 004 | Sc72 5c block of 6, mint with gum | 15.00 |
| 005 | Sc80a 2c inverted o/p, gum, stains, signed Saenz | 10.00 |
| 006 006a | Sc83 10 gum with only minimal gum trace unusual for issue | 2.00 |
| 007 | Sc86 1c on 10c s/c block of 4 pane center block, mint with gum | 10.00 |
| 008 | Sc93 2c on 50 block of 6, mint with gum, no stains, perf 14x14 | 20.00 |
| 009 | Sc97d 2c on 2C perf 14x14 used | 15.00 |
| 010 | Sc104 Independence block of 15 gutter at right (some stains) | 5.00 |
| 011 | CRPC112c O raised pos 8 strip of 3 (center stamp) mint | 10.00 |
| 012 | Sc112 Jimenez 1293 block of 10 imperforated full gum no hinge marks | 6.00 |
| 013 | Sc114 Jimenez mirror imagine on back, faint print & 115 pair imperf faint | 5.00 |
| 014 | ScO80 Jimenez o/p oficial imperforate pair gum no hinge | 8.00 |
| 015 | Sc117-27, 136-0 gum light hinge | 17.00 |
| 016 | Sc161 block of 28 mint no hinge | 4.00 |
| 017 | Sc184 orchids full sheet of 100 (some tropical stains) | 15.00 |
| 018 | Sc242 half sheet of 25 with plate number mint | 5.00 |
| 019 | Sc244 block of 10 mint | 2.00 |
| 020 | SP253a block of 6 surcharge in black | 5.00 |
| 021 | Sc258 5c on revenue, one 5 displaced left, one shifted down, plate block | 10.00 |
| 022 | Sc258 as above proof of the surcharge on bond paper | 10.00 |
| 023 | Sc258 as above double surcharge | 15.00 |
| 024 | Sc258 stamps on cover Puerto Cortes to SJ March 1951 | 10.00 |
| 025 | Sc258 + C217 on cover Limon to SJ | 5.00 |
| 026 | Sc258 + C219 on cover Golfito to SJ Express May 1956 | 8.00 |
| 027 | Sc259 15c on revenue blue block of 4 displaced o/p to right | 15.00 |
| 028 | Sc260 15c on revenue red strip of 3 displaced o/p to right | 10.00 |
| 029 | Sc266 Bank Anglo strip of 4 in official portfolio | 2.00 |
| 030 | Sc316a block of 4 | 5.00 |
| 031 | Sc401-2 upper block of 10 mint | 10.00 |
| 032 | Sc478-9 blocks of 4 green dot over one 479 | 5.00 |
| 033 | Sc581 Rodriguez block of 20 mint | 15.00 |
| 034 | Sc630 sheet of 7, FDC, bulletin official in portfolio | 15.00 |
| 035 | Sc638 sheet of 2, FDC, bulletin in official portfolio | 10.00 |
| Airmail |
| Lot | Description | Reserve |
| 036 | EA103Ba 1944 large on onionskin paper | 5.00 |
| 037 | E244a essay "Panamericana" on onionskin paper | 5.00 |
| 038 | C124-27 Presidents in blocks of 4 o/p "Muestra" | 30.00 |
| 039 | C146 soccer s/c block of 8 plate number mint | 3.00 |
| 040 | C149 full sheet of 25 | 5.00 |
| 041 | C150 full sheet of 25 | 5.00 |
| 042 | C154-58 pairs o/p with fallen bars | 10.00 |
| 043 | C193 sheet of 100 separated in 2 panes of 50 | 20.00 |
| 044 | C283-88 soccer vertical strips of 3 mint | 5.00 |
| 045 | C366 ss perf & imperf mint | 3.00 |
| 046 | C292 OAS summit vertical pair red color displaced, mint, stains | 7.00 |
| 047 | C367 Fauna s/c strip of 3 mint | 10.00 |
| 048 | C362-5 UPU vertical pairs mint | 10.00 |
| 049 | C394 sheet of 50 (no dot in position 32) | 15.00 |
| 050 | C452-71 churches hinge on selvedge | 15.00 |
| 051 | C482 Mexico Olympics marginal vertical pair imperf between mint | 20.00 |
| 052 | C500 Cancer strip of 3 brown color displaced down | 15.00 |
| 053 | A533a bk of 4 line between costa & rica position 29 | 3.00 |
| 054 | C436 Bank block of 4 vertical double perf, mint | 10.00 |
| 055 | C586 s/c on revenue block of 35 (tropical stains) | 5.00 |
| 056 | C590 ICE block of 4 orange frame displaced right | 5.00 |
| 057 | C768-72 presidents 1979 sheet of 25 with tables of postal rates | 5.50 |
| 058 | C768-72 presidents 1979 as above (stains) | 10.00 |
| 059 | C782-85 Moscow Olympics strips of 4 mint | 40.00 |
| 060 | C923 painting corner block of 6 | 10.00 |
| 061 | C937 planes block of 4 with tab with color guide | 25.00 |
| 062 | C936-37 planes in vertical pairs with gutter 10 per pane | 90.00 |
| 063 | C938 planes vertical pairs with gutter | 90.00 |
| Other Mail |
| Lot | Description | Reserve |
| 064 | B1-7 complete semipostal | 12.00 |
| 065 | B4a 20c imperf vertical pair in tete beche mint | 20.00 |
| 066 | B4a same as above trace of hinge | 18.00 |
| 067 | B7a 20c perf vertical pair in tete beche mint | 12.00 |
| 068 | E3 special delivery faint double of red mint | 8.00 |
| 069 | RA16-19 full sheets of 25 mint | 18.00 |
| 070 | RA 16-19 full sheets of 25 mint same as above | 9.50 |
| 071 | RA32 (SP5e) vertical double perforation used | 5.00 |
| 072 | RA32 (SP5a) block of 4 imperforated in between | 12.00 |
| 073 | TS1 Telegraph seal strip of 5 | 10.00 |
| 074 | IPS3 imperforate block of 11 full gum no hinge | 7.00 |
| Guanacaste |
| Lot | Description | Reserve |
| 075 | Guanacaste 1 & 4 gum | 4.00 |
| 076 | Guanacaste 1 & 4 no gum | 2.00 |
| 077 | Guanacaste 3 gum | 22.00 |
| 078 | Guanacaste 4 gum | 2.00 |
| 079 | Guanacaste 6 | 10.00 |
| 080 | Guanacaste 7 & 8 gum | 10.00 |
| 081 | Guanacaste 8 & 9 no gum | 12.00 |
| 082 | Guanacaste 9 gum | 20.00 |
| 083 | Guanacaste 10 gum | 38.00 |
| 084 | Guanacaste 10 combined plate | 22.00 |
| 085 | Guanacaste 14 & 16 gum | 8.00 |
| 086 | Guanacaste 14 no gum & 16 gum | 5.00 |
| 087 | Guanacaste 45 gum | 1.00 |
| 088 | Guanacaste 64-66 gum | 2.00 |
| Revenue Stamps |
| Lot | Description | Reserve |
| 089 | R45a horizontal pair inverted and displaced o/p | 60.00 |
| 090 | R1069a block of 20 inverted and displaced o/p reads "52-19" | 30.00 |
| 091 | R1133a pair inverted and displaced o/p reads "56-19" mirror o/p on back | 25.00 |
| 092 | R1393 pair with mirror impression on back | 10.00 |
| 093 | Departure tax revenue No. 30 mint | 3.00 |
| 094 | Departure tax revenue No. 54 horizontal pair mint | 5.00 |
| 095 | Forensic revenue No. 11-15 in blocks of 4 o/p muestra mint | 75.00 |
| 096 | Forensic revenue No. 15 in a corner block of 9 mint stains | 20.00 |
| Back of the Book |
| Lot | Description | Reserve |
| 097 | CRPC N16 6c on 4c fantasy 1920 (Limon) strip of 5 | 125.00 |
| 098 | same as above in a strip of 4 | 40.00 |
| 099 | as above shifted overprint in a strip of 3 | 25.00 |
| 100 | as above inverted overprint in a strip of 3 | 45.00 |
| 101 | CRPC N16 6c on 5c fantasy 1920 (Limon) strip of 5 | 125.00 |
| 102 | as above first o/p on the selvedge in a strip of 5 | 50.00 |
| 103 | as above inverted overprint in a strip of 4 | 50.00 |
| 104 | CRPC N17 steamer fantasy 1924 5, 10c in pair | 8.00 |
| 105 | as above steamer 25, 50c in pair | 8.00 |
| 106 | as above steamer 1C | 3.00 |
| 107 | as above steamer 10c inverted o/p | 10.00 |
| 108 | as above steamer 1C inverted o/p | 10.00 |
| 109 | as above steamer 10c shifted o/p | 3.00 |
| 110 | as above plane strip of 5 with all values | 15.00 |
| 111 | as above plane with inverted o/p 2 items | 10.00 |
| 112 | as above plane with cancel | 2.00 |
| 113 | as above plane 1C other | 5.00 |
| 114 | CRPC N17 Almirante fantasies circa 1921 | 5.00 |
| 115 | as above Almirante double overprinted and inverted | 5.00 |
| 116 | as above Almirante on corner envelope with full cancel | 12.00 |
| 117 | Political cinderella Oduber circa 1960 strip of 3 | 20.00 |
| 118 | Political cinderella Alfredo Gonzalez Flores on paper | 0.25 |
| 119 | Guanacaste Scott 39A used (275 scott dollars) | 25.00 |
| 120 | Guanacaste Scott 40 used | 5.00 |
| 121 | Red Cross surtax block of 8 mint no hinge | 8.00 |
| 122 | Red Cross as above bock of 4 in tete beche | 5.00 |
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