$70.00
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Listed variety printed in green instead of the issued red. An early Seebeck. Ungummed as printed with no previous hinging.$85.00
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A fresh strip of four proofs with security punch. An early Seebeck. Printed on ungummed paper with no previous hinging.$75.00
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11,000 copies printed.$525.00
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Very undercatalogued in Scott, about right in SG, the Costa Rica SCADTA stamps were handstamped in very low numbers (ignore the image in Scott which shows a false machine cancel - the Costa Rica overprints were all handstamped, except the 30c which was also machine stamped in Berlin). There were only 75 overprints of the 60c and just 50 examples of the 1 peso. Two shades of the 30c value are included in this short set.$690.00
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Very undercatalogued in Scott, about right in SG, the Costa Rica SCADTA stamps were handstamped in very low numbers (ignore the image in Scott which shows a false machine cancel - the Costa Rica overprints were all handstamped, except the 30c which was also machine stamped in Berlin). There were only 50 overprints of the 2, 3 and 5 peso high values.$35.00
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A very high value useage of the SCADTA 1923-28 issue, totalling 13 pesos 20 centavos, cancelled with vermilion 1924 dated CDS. Envelope crease on the two far left stamps. The 5 peso stamp on the right with faults.$45.00
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Only 5,000 copies overprinted (forged overprints exist). Pencil notation on reverse.$85.00
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Benjamin Mendez overprint, only for sale on one day on December 2nd 1928, tied on piece to 4c 1926 Provisional (Scott 396) with Bogota CDS dated 31st December 1928.$125.00
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Attractive color trials in six combinations with engine turned design. India paper mounted on original cream card stock.$75.00
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Positional piece with selvedge on three sides, Bortfeldt Stone B., Gustav Michelsen reprint block of thirty stamps. Mostly MNH, very light traces of hinge marks on nine of the stamps. Small 1cm tear into the selvedge on right hand margin. RPSL certificate.$115.00
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A well preserved complete set of three with full gum and all with four margins. A few light hinge marks. H&G 9, 10 & 11.
$45.00
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These stamps are often mis-described with the brown on yellow paper (44a) being sold as the higher value stamp. The brown on pale buff (44) was printed in 1892 whereas the yellow paper variety comes from the 1899 printing and was never circulated. Good gum on both examples. Hinge remnants.$60.00
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Ungummed as printed on India paper with no previous hinging. Fresh.$60.00
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Ungummed as printed on India paper with no previous hinging. Fresh.$120.00
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Ungummed as printed on India paper with no previous hinging. Fresh.$45.00
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Double overprint variety. Unlisted in Scott, 74Ab in Mena. Excellent gum, slight toning around the perf tips.$75.00
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ABNC specimen set with punch hole. Perfect gum.$95.00
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Surcharge set on 1929-30 revenue stamps. There were two printings; this is the first printing with a brownish-vermilion overprint on cream paper. Only 2,000 sets issued. The 2c value is MNH, the 5c is VLM Mint and 10c LM Mint with small hinge remnant.$40.00
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Paradoxically, catalogued as a less expensive set than the identical definitives but with significantly less copies overprinted (only 10,000). The 25c value has a thin.$70.00
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Just 300 examples of the 15c on 25c orange were created. The overprint was accidentally applied to three panes of the Waterlow 25c Orange Cocos Island issue, instead of the issued 15c on 50c (the two issued stamps are also supplied for comparison). Owner's/expertizer's mark on all three.$85.00
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ABNC specimen set with punch hole.
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$70.00
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Registered First Day Cover with 2nd June Certificado Exterior CDS on full set to New York with Brownsville, Texas Air Mail Field and New York receiving stamps on the reverse. Centre fold not affecting stamps and a couple of minor tears to left-hand edge. Limited circulation with only 5,000 sets printed.$110.00
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Faintest trace of a hinge. Just 5,000 sets issued.$145.00
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Fresh MNH blocks with only the 50c value not being marginal. Only 4,500 sets overprinted.
$190.00
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ABNC Portraits Type, depicting Aniceto Esquivel. A couple of minor creases on the outer card only, small ink mark to reverse on edge of outer card.
$240.00
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ABNC die proof for the 1946 Caribbean and Central American Soccer Championship. India paper die sunk onto card.$95.00
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Forged overprints appeared on the market soon after this stamp was circulated. Genuine examples have a 27mm overprint, forgeries measure 29mm. Sanabria states 150 inverted examples exist, SOCORICO quotes 200. Either way, scarce in genuine form.$40.00
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Reimpression of the 1934 definitives. ABNC specimen overprints with punch hole. Also included are the two additional shades of the 5c and 10c, issued in 1953. The dark blue 5c has toning on the upper left perf tips.$175.00
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Cross bar in second A missing, creating an inverted V. Not listed in Scott but listed as Mena G52a and Saenz G58a. Position 71 on the sheet and also occuring on the 1c and 10c values. A scarce stamp.
$125.00
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Four margin example of fresh appearance with loops watermark. Small hinge remainder, pencil notation to reverse.$590.00
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A very nice example of this scarce stamp. Carmine shade, loops watermark on greenish-blue paper from the first shipment. Three good margins with the fourth just clear of the frame line. Hinge remnant.$80.00
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Four margins on greenish-blue paper from the first delivery of the first issue. Hinge remnant.
$550.00
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Full set of the 1869 overprints (often found forged), applied vertically. 5c - disturbed gum, hinge remnant, 10c - hinge remnant, 20c - MNG, 40c - disturbed gum, hinge remnant, ink mark under ACI of NACION. Two Comex certificates accompany (EDFIL no's 23A, 16A, 17A & 18A). A very scarce set, particularly the 5c rose which is underpriced in Scott.$35.00
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Very good centering.$75.00
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8450 stamps sold. Tone spots on the upper perf tips. Hinge remnant.$50.00
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8450 stamps sold. Light thin. Hinge remnant.$25.00
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Type 1 with part ABNC imprint in the selvedge. Hinge remnant, good gum.$45.00
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Fresh.$120.00
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Fresh, good centering, a little to the right.$45.00
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$60.00
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The 5c key stamp of the set is MNH.
$275.00
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ABNC pre-engraving image mounted to card. Designed in 1909 with printer's notations and approval signatures. Produced for the 'Los Festejos Invernales de La Habana' but never issued. Interesting array of ABNC internal handstamps to reverse. Unique.
$80.00
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Hinge remnant.$65.00
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A well centred example and very lightly mounted.$25.00
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MNH (minor gum skip). A short perf to left hand side.$25.00
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$55.00
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Only 10,000 of the imperf variety overprinted.$200.00
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Pristine MNH complete set of twenty-three stamps. Only 17,850 full sets printed.$80.00
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The remainders of the C33 sheets were actually overprinted in 1951, although Scott puts a footnote after C33 in 1940. Only 3,500 were issued.$290.00
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One of the key items of mid-period Cuba. Only 2500 sheets printed. A couple of trivial tone spots.
