$375.00
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Full sheet with Waterlow imprint to base. Provides a clear visualisation of the plate format and the five types, plus all the listed flaws. Some separation and the side selvedge missing.
$290.00
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The Waterlow Master Plate Proof part sheet for the 3c Rodo Monument issue. Various notations and authorisation initials in the margin including: "Central vignette correct for 2,000,000 stamps of 3 cent value = 20,000 pulls", "Plate and colour OK". Note unusual and very decorative engine-turned frame in the lower margin. Both large and small security punch holes throughout. Faults, including a significant tear repaired by the printer before punching . Nonetheless, a unique document.$150.00
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The complete set in blocks of four, including airmails, from the Waterlow archives, all with security punch. Note, the 10c airmail is in two pairs.$95.00
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Two blocks of eight stamps, being the 2c and 3c Waterlow archive file copies. The 2c value shows the print date, print quantity and file copy number in the upper margin. The 3c value showing partial file copy inscription only. Both blocks with security punch hole. Interestingly, although the printing was done on 1st December 1941, Bolivia did not release the issue until 1942, possibly because of delays due to logistical issues during WWII.$350.00
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Broad C in Centavos Escudito with no accent on U variety, showing the partially worn plate. Four margin, bright carmine-red, vertical strip of three on piece with late-use, double Gualegualchu handstamps. A scarce and attractive multiple.
$750.00
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Columbian Bank Note Company plate proofs in blocks of four, never hinged on ungummed paper. Attractive.
$350.00
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Scott 3 pair with three huge margins, narrow to base, in a bright, light blue shade and cancelled with blue dotted handstamp. Originating in Arequipa and addressed to the well known firm of Thomas La Chambre and Company in Lima. Clear indentations from the cancellation device have been transferred to the reverse of the paper.$75.00
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Umounted mint block of eight postal fiscal stamps with inverted RESELLADO overprint. ABNC marginal block with imprint to base. Pristine gum.$240.00
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Choice, unused vertical pair, very well centered and with excellent original gum. Expertisation mark and pencil notation to reverse. An undercatalogued stamp, no doubt due to the number of counterfeits in the market.$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.
$65.00
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Full sheet of 100 stamps with plate number and SABNC imprint in the margins. Some separation.
$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.
$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.$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.$140.00
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50c orange brown and black plate proof pair with inverted center, unrecorded by Kneitschel (only recording a perforate 50c invert with steel blue vignette). On thin paper, ungummed as printed.$125.00
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Five different varieties of the 1918 Habilitado overprints in blocks of four, including I) Double Normal II) Inverted III) Double Inverted IV) Double Normal & Inverted V) Vertical. See note after Scott 225 which mentions three of the five varieties. Bottom two stamps are MNH in each block.
$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.
$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.$65.00
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Goddess of Plenty plate proof block on thin paper in the issued color. Hinge remnants and a little light toning in places.$65.00
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Goddess of Plenty plate proof block on thin paper in the issued color. Hinge remnants and a little toning in places.
$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.$590.00
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1932 Air Mail Officials with SERVICIO OFICIAL overprinted on to C11 and C12. Immaculate gum.$40.00
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Corner marginal horizontal imperf listed variety. Expertizers/owners mark to reverse with light gum toning. Bottom stamp is MNH.$70.00
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The overprint should read DIEZ but is misprinted DIFZ on the stamp on the right (position 18). Note also the dropped DO in HABILITADO. A scarce variety with only one example sold on eBay in the past twenty years.$25.00
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Toned gum.$30.00
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Double row of perforations in between the pair. Hinge remnant.$50.00
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Columbus pair, imperforate horizontally between. MNH on the lower stamp, LM Mint on the upper stamp.$45.00
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Pair imperforate horizontally between the stamps. No reprints were made of this issue. Hinge remnant on the upper stamp, together with some mild toning; the bottom stamp is MNH.$40.00
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Marginal pair imperforate vertically between the stamps. No reprints were made of this issue. Hinge remnant.$70.00
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Pair of the 2p brown and black perforated along the horizontal edges only, imperforate vertically. Hinge remnant, pin hole in the lower part of the central margin.$290.00
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Mint not hinged blocks of four depicting Plane over Christophe's Citadel. A very attractive set and hard to find as unmounted blocks.$100.00
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Four blocks of four, the value being in the 5c and 20c issues. Large single hinge remnant on each block.$150.00
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Complete set in blocks, including one extra shade of the 2c brown carmine and two further shades of the 5c dark green. The two 7c and 20c top value blocks are both unmounted mint. A few hinge remnants and the odd gum tone spot on the remaining blocks. An attractive assembly.
$340.00
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Two ABNC die proof vignettes depicting Presidents Zamor and Auguste on India paper mounted to cream stock card. The vignettes were used in the unissued 1914 set of stamps (see note after Scott 218).$750.00
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Engraved 'thin 5' variety, distinct from the very similar litho stamp by the thinner font and squarer base to the numeral. By far the scarcest of the Quetzals, even more so as a multiple. G1 records one mint block known and no known pairs. Disturbed gum with about 25% remaining. Pencil notation to reverse, two short perfs to the left hand stamp. A rare item.
$740.00
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Imperforate and printed on both sides, an unused gutter block of eighteen, consisting of two blocks of nine with a vertical gutter in between, printed in a dark shade of ocher. On the reverse of the left block of nine are two and a half vertical rows printed in the regular ocher shade. Normal vertical fold in the gutter and very faint creases through each vertical row. Without gum as usual. A rare error block.$290.00
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Miniature specimen sheet of nine on ungummed paper with security punch hole. The color is unissued and overprinted 'Waterlow & Sons Ltd Specimen'. ISGC reference S132A.$120.00
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Horizontally imperf pair from the bottom of the sheet. Disturbed, cracked gum, about 75% remaining. Two hinge remnants.$175.00
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Large marginal block from the upper left corner of the sheet. MNG as typical. A scarce multiple. Couple of hinge remnants to reverse. Small area of selvedge missing from upper left corner.$70.00
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Four margin imperf pair with expertizer's mark to reverse. Hinge remnant.$325.00
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Perforate horizontal pair of the tete beche variety, found only in postions 10 and 103. This example is 103 (the left hand stamp). Lovely example with full gum.$120.00
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A large unmounted mint block of fifty stamps, comprising a half sheet. ABNC imprint in the upper selvedge. A few pencil noatations and hinge remnants on the selvedge only.$70.00
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Scarce block of the 1893 engraved printing. Light toning and two small hinge remnants.$70.00
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Block of four of the '86 litho printing in yellow brown, marginal with partial imprint. Excellent gum with two tiny hinge remnants. Pencil notation in the selvedge. Blocks of the 1886 Quetzals are scarce.
$165.00
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Complete sheet of one-hundred of the 1921 SEIS overprint, less two stamps and the top margin. The surcharge is positioned to allow 'Centavos' to remain visible.$275.00
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Block of eighteen stamps showing the double 1c surcharge error, currently unpriced in Scott. The block contains the 'dropped n in Centavo' variety, only found in position 27 on the sheet (middle row, second from right). The block is MNH, inferring CTO with a mute violet star in circle cancel. A scarce item.
$360.00
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Complete sheet of one hundred plate proofs on gummed paper with an upright, vertical watermark (likely to be an original printing). Vertical crease between the final column, minor tears to the selvedge only plus a few hinge remnants to the selvedge.
$290.00
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Full sheet of one hundred plate proofs on ungummed, unwatermarked paper, as printed. Central vertical paper fold. Note: Seebeck issues are thought to have been printed on up to eleven original papers and seventeen reprint papers. Assume a reprint paper unless stated otherwise.$260.00
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Unmounted mint block of forty plate proofs from the top of the sheet. On gummed, unwatermarked paper, depicting an Ocean Steamship. Hamilton Bank Note imprint on the selvedge. Light toning and vertical crease down the last column. Three hinge remainders on the upper selvedge only. Note: Seebeck issues are thought to have been printed on up to eleven original papers and seventeen reprint papers. Assume a reprint paper unless stated otherwise.$195.00
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Unmounted mint corner block of thirty plate proofs on gummed, unwatermarked paper, depicting Mount San Miguel. Hamilton Bank Note imprint on the selvedge. Light toning and gum crease, not visible from the front. Note: Seebeck issues are thought to have been printed on up to eleven original papers and seventeen reprint papers. Assume a reprint paper unless stated otherwise.
