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Auction 238
Send all bids to Hector Mena PO Box 14831, Baton Rouge, LA 70898 or hrmena8@cox.net.
The closing date is March 28, 2020 at noon. The winning bid will be 10% over the next highest bid.
If there is only one bid the winning price will be equal to the reserve. If the difference between the
top bids is less than 10% the winning bid will be equal to the top bid.
All the lots are illustrated in the Socorico Web Site with complete auction conditions. The same information can be obtained
by fax or mail from auction manager. 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.
Consultwww.usps.com for postage rates. Submit items for next auction by April 15, 2020 by noon to auction manager.
All payments will be made to Socorico either by check to Treasurer or PayPal account
Socorico@mail.com
Each bid should be accompanied with the final address to mail the lots, if not available the society listed address
will be used, if available.
Catalogue price reference is "Scott Standard Catalogue", other reference numbers are the "Costa Rica Postal Catalogue Fourth Edition" or
"Costa Rica Revenue Stamp Catalogue 2006 (M&R)". Low value stamps are not graded; in a lot the overall grade represents the highest value stamps.
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, SJ: San Jose, reg: 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.
| Lot | Description | Reserve |
| 1 | 104 Independence issue block x6 double vertical perf in 3 rows (100a) | $25.00 |
| 2 | 104 same marginal pair double vertical perforation both stamps | $12.00 |
| 3 | 104 same upper pair double vertical perforation both stamps | $12.00 |
| 4 | 104 same marginal copy double horizontal perf (100c) | $6.00 |
| 5 | 104 same gutter block of 4 | $5.00 |
| 6 | 104 same lower marginal horiz pair imperforate plate proof (PP100) | $60.00 |
| 7 | 104 same vertical pair imperforate in right margin (100d) | $40.00 |
| 8 | 111 Independence issue o/p 1922 block of 10 deep violet MNH | $8.00 |
| 9 | 111 same block of 12 light violet MNH | $8.00 |
| 10 | 111 same double o/p separated | $6.00 |
| 11 | 111 same horizontal pair double o/p close together (112b) | $10.00 |
| 12 | 111 same imperforate right margin used | $30.00 |
| 13 | 111 same inverted o/p (112a) | $8.00 |
| 14 | 111 same o/p shifted down | $3.00 |
| 15 | 111 same o/p shifted right | $3.00 |
| 16 | 111 same raised O in strip of 3, right upper corner (pos 4) | $10.00 |
| 17 | 104 cover with commemorative cancellation local use | $10.00 |
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18a | 111 cover stamp on back, Alajuela to Kansas, transit SJ, May 29 1922 | $50.00 |
| 19 | 111 cover commercial John M Keith to NY | $50.00 |
| 20 | 104 cover philatelic cover 1939 | $2.00 |
| 21 | 217 Block of 4 surcharge inverted, never hinged | $18.00 |
| 22 | 246 Mauro s/c corner block of 15 with fallen spacer pos 2 (253a) | $15.00 |
| 23 | 261 JA Facio complete sheet of 100 | $12.00 |
| Lot | Description | Reserve |
| Airmal |
| 24 | C2 shifted overprint to left | $6.00 |
| 25 | C14a inverted overprint, no gum | $9.00 |
| 26 | C20 block of 4 ("rarest airmail block": Ox 25, 1967 Cohen) reinforced | $50.00 |
| 27 | C55a surcharge on wrong stamp | $15.00 |
| 28 | C292 DF for DE (A304b), no hinge | $3.00 |
| 29 | C293a pair imperforate in between | $30.00 |
| 30 | C104-6 1945 o/p with Muestra C116 light hinge, others NH | $25.00 |
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31a | C141-44 Presidents 1947 issue die proofs in black | $250.00 |
| 32 | C141-44 as above blocks of 4 MNH | $20.00 |
| 33 | C141-44 as above overprinted muestra ((MA152-55) | $20.00 |
| 34 | C141-44 as above souvenir sheet in color (50 printed, CRFil 98, 1986) | $150.00 |
| 35 | C141-44 as above printed in sepia printer presentation sheet signer by engraver Jose Moreno | $95.00 |
| 36 | Cover SJ via New Orleans and San Francisco to Sidney Australia Jan 10, 1948 with two 10C, only reported (RFC 85, 1987) | $75.00 |
| 37 | C154 surcharge inverted | $10.00 |
| 38 | C160-67 Roosevelt o/p Muestra | $6.00 |
| 39 | C183a two lines read the same | $5.00 |
| 40 | C183 horizontal line on top | $5.00 |
| 41 | C183 pair with o/p shifted down | $8.00 |
| 42 | C420a one stamp with light blue background instead of green NH | $75.00 |
| 43 | C484 strip of 5, one pair imperf in between | $20.00 |
| 44 | C538 vertical pair imperf in between NH | $4.00 |
| 45 | C552 vertical pair imperf in between | $10.00 |
| 46 | C553 brown missing, normal to compare | $10.00 |
| 47 | C556 horizontal pair imperf in between | $10.00 |
| 48 | C609 imperf left margin | $3.00 |
| 49 | C646 vertical pair imperf in between | $8.00 |
| 50 | C658 horizontal pair imperf in between | $8.00 |
| 51 | C659 vertical pair imperf in between | $8.00 |
| 52 | C660 horizontal pair imperf in between | $10.00 |
| 53 | C661 two horizontal pairs, one imperf right margin, other left margin | $8.00 |
| 54 | C661 a pair and strip with double perf vertically | $4.00 |
| 55 | C674 corner pair with one with shifted perf | $4.00 |
| 56 | C686 horizontal pair imperf in between | $10.00 |
| 57 | C686 horizontal and vertical perf shifted | $8.00 |
| 58 | C692 imperforated proof | $4.00 |
| 59 | C694 strip imperf left margin | $5.00 |
| 60 | C705 strip imperf in between right stamps and margin | $12.00 |
| 61 | C712 imperf pair (printer's waste, not allow in exhibits) | $10.00 |
| 62 | C723-26 two vertical pairs perf 13.5, used | $30.00 |
| 63 | C747 vertical pair imperf in between and double perf (faint) in bottom | $20.00 |
| 64 | C747 strip with pair imperf in between | $15.00 |
| 65 | C781 imperf pair (printer's waste, not allow in exhibits) | $8.00 |
| 66 | C788-89 imperforate (printer's waste, not allow in exhibits) | $8.00 |
| Lot | Description | Reserve |
| Other Use |
| 67 | CE1 vertical pair imperf in between | $22.00 |
| 68 | CE2 vertical pair imperf in between | $22.00 |
| 69 | RA2 Corner block of 4 inverted o/p | $15.00 |
| 70 | RA55 pair imperf in right margin | $4.00 |
| 71 | Venditti flight labels (used on covers) used and unused | $10.00 |
| Lot | Description | Reserve |
| First Flight Covers |
| 72 | Second Emergency airmail local flight Limon-SJ Jan 7, 1924 with Sc 120 (see Airmail History Book page 14) | $20.00 |
| 73 | Third Emergency flight Limon-SJ Jan 11, 1924 with Sc120 | $20.00 |
| 74 | Flight May 11, 1925 SJ-Cristobal-NY registered on EN14 with 2 tete beche pairs B7a (Ox 186) | $35.00 |
| 75 | US Army first international flight Jan 2, 1926 SJ-Canal Zone-New Jersey with sSc119 pair | $5.00 |
| 76 | US Army flight Jan 2, 1926 SJ-Canal Zone on EN10 | $3.00 |
| 77 | Emergency Flight Dec 30, 1927, SJ American Embassy-Canal Zone- Chicago with C1 | $10.00 |
| 78 | Pan Am first scheduled flight March 11, 1930 SJ-Panama with pair C8 + 150 | $4.00 |
| 79 | Pan Am as above SJ-Cristobal with pair C8 + 150 | $4.00 |
| 80 | Fierro flight Sep 8, 1938 local with B1 | $2.00 |
| 81 | ENTA flight Feb 9, 1937 SJ-New York | $10.00 |
| 82 | TACA flight Nov 20, 1943 SJ-San Salvador | $2.00 |
| 83 | Pan Am flight Dec 16, 1946 SJ-Corpus Christi | $4.00 |
| 84 | Pan Am flight Dec 16, 1946 FAM 5 Corpus Christi-SJ with commemorative card | $5.00 |
| 85 | LACSA Jun 1, 1946 SJ-Liberia, Liberia-SJ 2 items | $4.00 |
| 86 | LACSA June 1, 1946 SJ-Liberia, Liberia-SJ, Golfito-Palmar-Parrita-SJ 3 items | $6.00 |
| 87 | LACSA June 1, 1946 Golfito-Palmar-Parrita-SJ | $2.00 |
| 88 | LACSA June 1, 1946 Golfito-Palmar-Parrita-SJ | $2.00 |
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