SOCORICO

Costa Rica collectors are fortunate to have an excellent specialized catalogue that is readily available at a reasonable price.

The new Costa Rica Postal Catalogue, fourth edition 2014, by Hector R. Mena et. al. Softbound. VI + 300+ pages. The new edition features better reproductions on laser paper and is professionally softbound. Weight: 28 ounces. Also available, the fourth Edition, 2018 revision, of the Costa Rica Postal Catalogue on a CD in the Adobe Acrobat Reader format with most illustration in color. The catalogue may be ordered from the Socorico Library, P.O. Box 14831, Baton Rouge LA 70898 or contact Dr. Hector Mena for information at: hrmena8@cox.net. The catalogue contains illustrations of all issues, and information, where known, of the number of stamps printed for each issue.

No pricing information for the items is included. It contains sections devoted to:

Regular Mail
Air Mail
Christmas Postal Tax
Postal Stationary - cards, envelopes and wrappers
Official Postage - regular and air
Guanacaste - regular and revenues
Semipostals
Postage Due
Special Delivery
Prephilatelic Postmarks
Postal Related Revenues
Telegraph Stamps
And a variety of miscellaneous issues including the Ross Fantasies