The Society for Costa Rica Stamp Collectors

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Auction 249

Send all bids to Hector Mena PO Box 14831, Baton Rouge, LA 70898 or hrmena8@cox.net. The closing date is Saturday March 5, 2023 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 signature package 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 29, 2023 by noon to auction manager.

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.

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 address to mail the lots, if not available the society listed address will be used and also with mailing instructions.

Lot	Description	Reserve
1	Sc1-4 first issue used	$8
2	Sc1a second printing cancel with dated devices, 5 items	$2
3	Sc14 UPU surcharge authentic cancel, rare!	$95
4	Sc19 with cancels Aug 1883 used on UPU s/c, note dot and J 2 items	$7
5	Sc19 as above June and Dec 188e, same position of dot and J 2 items	$7
6	Sc16-20 Fernandez issue used	$2

Lot	Description	Reserve
1923-26 Issue and overprints
7	Sc127 proof of vignette	$125
8a 8b 8c 8d 8e 8f 8g	Sc117-27 complete set of specimens of each print 26 items	$30
9	Sc123 with preprinting paper fold	$10
10	Sc124 block of 4 mint cat 40	$10
11	Sc125 horizontal mis-perforation high	$5
12	Sc125 horizontal mis-perforation low	$5
13	Sc140 surcharge split in two	$3
14	Sc147 Lindbergh block of 4 mint	$2
15	Sc189 o/p proof on onionskin paper block of 6 (OP190)	$9
16	Sc218 left corner block of 35	$12
17	Sc218 o/p proof on onionskin paper block of 4 (SP223)	$8
18	Sc218 inverted overprint high (223a)	$9
19	Sc218 inverted overprint low (223b)	$9
20	Sc218 inverted overprint middle (223c)	$9
21	Sc218 double overprint of s/c (223d)	$9
22	Sc218 vertical pair surcharge tete beche (223e)	$9
23	Sc218 surcharged shifted	$2
24	C2 block of 4	$3
25	C2 faded overprint	$1
26	C2 displaced overprint low 2 items	$2.5
27	C2 displaced overprint to left	$1.5
28	117 (3), 118 (2) to New Jersey	$3
29	117, 119 Roberto Fierro cancel Set 1929 local	$2
30	117, 118 multiple Cartago to San Antonio Jun 1937	$2.5
31a 31b	118 postcard from American Legation to DC pouch guide May 1924	$3
32	118 bank window cover 1924	$1.5
33	118 pair to Boston Dec 1939	$2.5
34	118 on PC12 to Turrialba Apr 1924	$2.5
35	119 pair on EN13 to 1924	$2.5
36	120 to NY Dec 1923	$1.5
37	120 to Harvard Set	$1.5
38a 38b	120 (6) Limon to Guatemala reg Aug 1926	$4
39a 39b	121 postcard (Panama Canal) Limon to Boston	$2
40	121 pair bank window cover Oct 1934	$1.5
41	121 (3), 124 etc. Cartago to St. Louis reg Oct 1924	$3
42a 42b	121 (4) on back to Chester reg 4423 May 1924	$4
43	122 to Philadelphia, New York 2 items	$2
44	122 to Detroit 1925, 2 items	$2
45	122 Abangares gold mine to Arlington Aug 1928	$4
46	122 on EN11 Turrialba to Berlin Dec 1926	$2
47	122 on EN11 to Menden Germany Aug 1926	$1.5
48a 48b	122 (bk4), 117 (3), 118 La Suiza to Berlin reg Aug 1926	$5
49	123 to Chicago, one with dues mark, 2 items	$2
50	123 Limon to Boston	$1.5
51	123 to Lynn Mass	$1
52	123 to NY posted at sea Sep 1929	$2.5
53	123 Peralta to Turrialba	$5
54a 54b	123 (3) back Limon to Greenville reg Jul 1928	$4
55a 55b	123 (3) back Limon to Topeka reg Sep 1928	$4
56a 56b	123 (3) back Canas to SJ reg May 1928	$4
57a 57b	123 (4), 120 (2) back Jimenez to Turrialba reg Apr 1928	$5
58a 58b	123 (4), 120 back Las Juntas Abangares to San Francisco reg Sep 1930	$5
59	127 to Switzerland on front reg Jan 1935	$20
60	127 to Baltimore censored May 1943	$2
61	147 Lindbergh FDC local Jan 1928	$2
62	147 Lindbergh FDC block of 4 to Canal Zone reg Jan 1928	$4
63a 63b	147, 122, C1 Lindbergh FDC to Limon reg Jan 1928	$3
64a 64b	124 plus Lindbergh and 140 on FDC to Limon reg Jan 1928	$4
65	147 Lindbergh FDC plus several local Jan 1928	$2
66	189 Puerto Jimenez to SJ censored Jul 1942	$4
67	189 Miramar to SJ censored Set 1942	$5
68	189 Cartago to SJ Jun 1942	$4
69a 69b	189 (3) back Colorado Gte to SJ reg Apr 1943	$6

Lot	Description	Reserve
Coco Island issues
70	169/175 imperforate blocks of 4	$30
71	169-176 imperforate pairs of 2	$30
72	177-78 overprint specimen in the 3 printings	$5
73	196-200 in blocks of 4 inverted overprints	$35
74	196-200 flatten bar of 5 pos 1	$5
75	E254a essay double overprint	$5
76	E254b essay inverted o/p block of 4	$9
77	OP254 proof of o/p in onion skin block of 4	$4
78	254b inverted overprint block of 4	$9
79	M254 overprinted Muestra	$2
80	C55 30c blue surcharge proof on onionskin (SPA56)	$5
81	C55a surcharge on 25c stamp	$24
82	C55b surcharge on 25c stamp Inverted	$48
83	169-78 FDC to NY registered Jan 29, 1936	$18
84	171 + 155 (3) to NY registered Nov 1936	$3
85	172 covers to NY & Dallas Jan 1940 2 items	$3
86	177 pair Turrialba to University LA Dec 1938	$3
87a 87b	177 strip of 3 & 185 block of 10 (back) to Miami reg Oct 1938	$3
88	177 (2) & 178 (3) Grecia to Dallas Jan 1941	$2.5
89	178 to Philadelphia Oct 1938, Ohio Aug & Oct 1939 3 items	$4
90	178 on EN16 to Chicago Dec 1940	$1.5
91	178 + 222 to NY censored Jul 1944	$2
92	178 (4) Grecia to Dallas May 1941	$3
93a 93b	178 (8) Turrialba to University LA via Brownsville reg Oct 1938	$4
94a 94b	178 (7) Alajuela to NY censored, registered Sep 1942	$4
95	198 Atenas to SJ Apr 1941	$3
96	200 Turrialba to SJ Dec 1941	$2
97	A55-6 in FDC	$2

Lot	Description	Reserve
1941 Pan American Health Issue
98	Die Proof on card DPA46 No.	$99
99	191-95 overprinted muestra	$5
100	No overprint with specimen overprint SNE194-98I	$8
101	Same as above with muestra overprint SNE194-98II	$8
102	C46 block of 4 mint	$1
103	C46-54 mint set	$89
104	C46-54 overprinted muestra with printing error in 1.35C	$50
105	No overprinted with muestra overprint SNEA46-54II	$50
106	C47 position 13 missing hyphen	$5
107	C48 position 13 missing hyphen	$5
108	C48 position 49 DJA for DIA	$5
109	C49 position 13 missing hyphen	$5
110	C50 position 49 DJA for DIA	$5
111	C51 position 13 missing hyphen	$5
112a 112b 112c 112d	C46-54 overprinted Muestra with C52, C53, C54 position 49	$150
113	191 & 193 to Houston	$2
114	193 pair to Miami Apr 1941	$1.5
115	194 to Miami Dec 1940	$1.5
116	C46 position 46 DJA for DIA on hospital postcard to Chicago 1941	$10
117	C46 pair to Kentucky Nov 1941	$2
118	C46 & C55 to Penna May 1941	$2
119	C46 & 219 Canas to SJ Feb 1941 censored	$6
120	C47 El Libano to Canas to SJ Jul 1941	$6
121	C47 & C39 to Indiana Feb 1941	$3
122	C47 & 228 to Miami May 1944 censored	$3
123	C47 & C48 to NY Jan 1941	$3
124	C48 & C46 to Rochester Jun 1941	$3
125	C49 & 217 Quepos to Indiana Feb 1942 censored	$3
126	C49 & 219 to Indiana Oct 1942 censored	$3

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