$175.00
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Perkins Bacon die proof on India paper
$250.00
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Die proof on watermarked India paper of the Pier at Puerto registration stamp. Initialled by the designer (believed to be A.S. Claridge) with the chosen colours handwritten in pencil underneath. Small stain to top right not affecting, partial separation in the crease above the colour description.
$150.00
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Sunken die proof vignette in black of the Pier at Puerto registration stamp.
$50.00
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Only 22,000 printed. An uncommon stamp.
$490.00
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A near complete Perkins Bacon proof sheet on ungummed paper. Originally a sheet of 100, this is the largest known multiple, with Plate 3 indicator to upper right. A few small tears to the left-hand selvedge not affecting the proofs.$160.00
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Produced as UPU specimens and also used in delegate folders for the Pan-America Postal Conference in Mexico, 1926. These will have been directly stuck down so unlikely that gummed examples exist.
$95.00
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Short set of eight issues of the 1917 Perkins Bacon plate proofs in black. Black proofs were taken to enable any defects in the plate to be more easily identified. Values from half centavos to one peso, excluding the fifty centavos. All fine, fresh and previously unmounted.$75.00
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MNG as printed. Never hinged.
$95.00
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'Sea and Mountains' and 'Cliffs and Lighthouse' designs. MNG as issued. Expertization/owner inscriptions to reverse.$75.00
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'Sea and Mountains' and 'Cliffs and Lighthouse' designs. MNG as issued. No prior hinging.
$100.00
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Two near complete sheets from different printings (two shades) plus collector's original plating notes from 1932. The lighter colour green is from the first printing. Ex Robson Lowe sale from 1958.
$95.00
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Very low circulation with only 2,500 printed. This stamp appears MNH but you can see the barest hint of a hinge mark under strong light. Very well centered.$245.00
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Very light hinging across the set. Also includes shades of the 10,15,20 and 50 centavos values. Only 3,000 sets printed.$45.00
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Very fine used with cancellation to top left corner. Small (gum?) stain to left of mouth.
$190.00
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Sunken die proof of the Arms of Colombia in the issued colour. Small corner crease on outer edge.
$190.00
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ABNC die proof of General Santander, issued in 1943. India paper die sunk on to cream stock card. Small tear to left-hand edge of card, not affecting the proof.
$440.00
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ABNC Archive File Index card for the 1940-43 1p black top value plus the later change of color in 1947 to purple (although Scott lists as violet). Die proofs on India affixed to card with associated handwritten and typed notes. Unique.
$2,700.00
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Eighteen ABNC Index Copy cards with sunken die proofs and printer's notations. Includes the full set of thirteen values plus five progressive die proofs with blank value tablets.
$150.00
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ABNC die proof depicting the clock tower at Cartegena. On India paper, sunk on to card and mounted to cream stock.$40.00
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Great looking inverted overprint variety with upside-down portraits of Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin.
$290.00
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An obligatory surtax applied to aid in the construction of the new Post & Telegraphs building. ABNC die proofs in the issued colors, on India paper, mounted to cream stock card.
$190.00
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Large format Sucre die proof. ABNC 'F' number penciled to reverse. Light indentations on the vignette guide marks.
$240.00
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ABNC Archive File Index card for the 1946 airmail issue with instructions to adapt the die for the regular stamp (Scott 539-541). Die proof on India affixed to card with associated typed notes. Unique.
$60.00
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First Flight Colombia-Europe via Ascension and Africa airmail cover with Correo Aero and Transoceanico handstamps, coupled with large Primer Vuelo Intercontinental 'map' cachet to reverse. Open at sides.$55.00
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These are the genuine perf.12 stamps. Identical sets in the market that measure perf. 13 are forgeries. Only 4,500 sets printed.$55.00
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These are the genuine perf.12 stamps. Identical sets in the market that measure perf. 13 are forgeries. Only 4,500 sets printed. Very light hinging across the set.
$1,200.00
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Nine ABNC Index Copy cards with sunken die proofs and printer's notations. The set doesn't include the 30c carmine rose but does includes the 15c carmine rose in its place. This stamp was originally released in 1941 but reconsidered for the 1952 set, although never adopted.
$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.$95.00
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$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.$145.00
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$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.$145.00
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$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, although this is more carmine than rose. 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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Mix of MNH and LM Mint. 50,000 sets printed.$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.
