$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.
$145.00
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Fresh MNH blocks with only the 50c value not being marginal. Only 4,500 sets overprinted.
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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.$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.$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.$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.$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.$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.
$240.00
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ABNC die proof for the 1946 Caribbean and Central American Soccer Championship. India paper die sunk onto card.
$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.$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.$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.
$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.$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.$85.00
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ABNC specimen set with punch hole.$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.
