$690.00
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Only 2000 stamps printed. Fresh and nicely centered. Hinge remnant.$90.00
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$675.00
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Choice upper-left corner marginal example with superb centering, also showing security strips and revised plate numbering. Ruidiaz expertization stamp to reverse.$45.00
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Imperfs, plate proofs, reprints? These stamps have a somewhat uncertain status but the locomotive design keeps them popular. This selection is on buff/cream gummed paper. The 1c value has a hinge remnant and gum crease.$45.00
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Imperfs, plate proofs, reprints? These stamps have a somewhat uncertain status but the locomotive design keeps them popular. This selection is on ungummed India paper. The 10c, 50c and 5p are in the issued colours, the balance are‘color trials’.
$40.00
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1891 10c slate Seebeck postal envelope to Bremen. Granada circular violet handstamp dated November 7th 1891, Corinto handstamp on the same date and Granada forwarding agent's triangular handstamp to front and reverse. Paris transit stamp to front and Bremen receiving stamp of 4th December to reverse. Envelope tear to right hand side.$75.00
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ABNC plate proofs of the one and two peso high values. Mounted to card with paper adhesions to reverse.$95.00
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Ex ABNC archives with punch hole. Note that this set was issued MNG as specimens.$95.00
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Ex ABNC archives with punch hole.
$175.00
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Unpaid cover without US stamps to which regular mail stamps were subsequently applied to meet the postage due rate on arrival. Of particular note is the 1901 20c on 5p black inverted surcharge in red (Scott 151a), cancelled with violet Bluefields oval, repeated on reverse together with New Orleans transit stamp. A scarce useage on cover, particularly with the inverted variety. Glue staining as per image.$295.00
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The scarcest of the errors of this issue with only one sheet surcharged. Scott mint is $200 and £250 in SG. Used copies are unpriced. Very few mint copies known to exist, let alone used.
$290.00
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Ex ABNC archives with punch hole.
$240.00
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ABNC Momotombo die proof in the issued color on India paper, sunk on to cream stock card and mounted on to stout card with acetate protector. A few tone spots.
$590.00
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Three ABNC Momotombo die proofs color trials for the 50c and 1 Cordoba values. On India paper, sunk on to cream stock card, two of which are mounted on to stout card with acetate protector. A few tone spots.
$190.00
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Complete set in eleven blocks of four, commemorating the opening of the new Post Office in Managua and only sold for a single day on 15th September 1930. Displayed in mounts on two album pages.$65.00
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Ex ABNC archives with punch hole.
$95.00
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Specimen sheet of 50 with punch hole, without surcharge. The stamp was printed by ABNC between 1921 and 1924 as a telegraph revenue and subsequently with the 5c‘Reconstruccion Comunicaciones’ overprint (also by ABNC). This sheet shows the pre-surcharged state. Some separation between the perfs but the sheet remains intact.
$190.00
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ABNC Interior Postage Airmail, depicting the Presidential Palace. Die proof on India paper in the issued color mounted to cream stock card.
$590.00
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Three ABNC Map of Nicaragua die proofs for the 25c, 30c and 50c values. On India paper, sunk on to cream stock card. A few tone spots.
$240.00
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ABNC Interior Postage Airmail, commemorating Will Rogers' flight to Managua. Die proof on India paper in the issued color, sunk on to cream stock card and mounted.
$425.00
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ABNC Interior Postage Airmail, commemorating President Somoza's visit to the US. 4c, 8c and 16c die proofs on India paper in the issued colors, sunk on to cream stock card and mounted. A few tone spots on the 4c value.
$140.00
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ABNC black print intermediate die proof of the 60c value, subsequently printed in light blue and cerise with 'V Victoria' printed underneath the globe. India paper mounted to cream card stock, die sunk and trimmed prior to mounting.
$180.00
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A pair of ABNC Telegraph die proofs, depicting a soldier, ploughman and oxen. The 5c blue green was the last telegraph stamp to be issued by Nicaragua and also saw limited postal use. I believe the deep blue proof to be a color trial. Both proofs on India paper sunk on to cream stock card and mounted. A few surface stains on the blue green value.$75.00
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Issues of Colombia for use in the Department of Panama. Two ABNC plate proofs for the 2c rose and 10c orange values in the issued colors, mounted to card. Paper adhesion to reverse.$85.00
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The first two stamps of Panama's General Issues. ABNC plate proofs mounted to card with paper adhesions to reverse.$140.00
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Four ABNC plate proofs in the issued colors, mounted to card. Paper adhesion and gum residue to reverse where previously mounted.$45.00
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ABNC plate proof, mounted to card.$75.00
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Pair of ABNC plate proofs. The medio centesimo is in the issued color, the two and a half centesimo is a color trial in red brown. Paper adhesions to reverse.$140.00
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Full set of the 1915 ABNC postage due proofs in the issued olive brown. Thin paper, mounted to card with paper adhesions to reverse. The 4c value is on thin paper only and has not been previously mounted.$65.00
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Variety unlisted in Scott, Michel and SG. The overprints were applied in two passes and various errors have been reported.$450.00
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Full set of ABNC specimens in corner marginal blocks with punch hole. An attractive group.
$45.00
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The 20c and 24c are MNH. The 50c is M Mint.
$175.00
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Booklet issued to delegates at the Panamerican Postal Congress held in Madrid in 1931 and attended by the twenty-one countries of the Pan American Postal Union. The booklet is signed by Carlos Ortiz, the Panamanian delegate and contains the following stamps (all mint affixed to page): 1924 234-243, 1930-41 C7-C9, 1930 C10-C14, 1929 E3-E4 with Muestra overprint. Contains postal rates at the time, Pan American Airways Route Map and airmail tarrif. Scarce and very attractive. Minor corner creasing.$40.00
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$85.00
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The twenty one 6c stamps illustrating the then presidents of each Latin American country (plus Eisenhower). Imperforates unpriced in Scott - see note after C180.$75.00
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Unissued set of twelve Popes, printed by Jeffries Banknote Co. in two panes of 50 per sheet. All marginal apart from the top value which is very well centered.
$125.00
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Complete sheet of the 10c Blue Green, reprinted in 1891. The sheet allows the plating of the flaw at the foot of the numeral 1 in the left hand value tablet which occurs ten times throughout the sheet (see detailed scan). The sheet is divided into three blocks, one of 50 and two of 25.
$120.00
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Full sheet of one hundred gummed imperfs from the 1891 reprinting. Center fold, small tear affecting the last stamp at top right only.
$65.00
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Die 1 color trial, printed in 1886 on wavy lined paper, similar to the 1886 Officials, as per Charles Philips.$40.00
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Four margin vertical pair in the bright rose shade with excellent (crackled) MNH gum.
$40.00
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Second printing proof on wavy lined India paper without Official overprint.
$240.00
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At first glance this would appear to be the die proof for either Scott 59 (1901) or 67 (1901-02) but note the numerals are in the style of the 1900 issue. The die was prepared for a 40c value in 1900 but never issued. Engraved by the South American Banknote Company, printed on glossy paper and die sunk onto beige stock card. Tape adhesion to reverse. Note that 'die proofs' on thin paper exist for this issue but are suspected reprints.
$60.00
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Wrapper from Asuncion to London, UK, franked 10 centavos to pay the printed matter rate. Surface marks.$130.00
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Imperforate plate essay pair, printed in black on thin paper by H. Kraus in Asuncion. A little light toning at the upper edge. Ungummed, as printed, with hinge remnant.$80.00
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Unissued block of four, the bottom two stamps being MNH. Quote from Joe Hahn: "All of the unissued values are very scarce. It has been stated that only a sheet or two of each exist". Undervalued in Scott.
$175.00
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Complete unmounted mint sheet of twenty-five stamps, overprinted Habilitado with the cancellation bar either shifted or missing entirely. The bar was supposed to delete the word OFICIAL, thus converting the stamp to regular postal use. South American Banknote Company imprint on all four sides, plus sheet number to upper right. Hinge remnants on the selvedge only.$130.00
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From the 1908 unissued series of officials. Nearly all of these stamps were used for surcharging with very few remaining unoverprinted. Expertisation/owner's mark to reverse. Quote from Joe Hahn: "All of the unissued values are very scarce. It has been stated that only a sheet or two of each exist". Undervalued in Scott.
$60.00
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Complete sheet of twenty-five of the 1905-10 Governmental Palace issue, overprinted 1908. The light blue 1p stamp was never issued without overprint. South American Banknote Company imprint in the selvedge. Hinge remainders in the selvedge only.
$240.00
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A selection of twenty-seven SABNC color trials, mostly in pairs on thin paper, mounted to a Scott album page. An attractive assembly.
$65.00
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Full sheet of 100 stamps with plate number and SABNC imprint in the margins. Some separation.
