Auction 239
Send all bids to Hector Mena PO Box 14831, Baton Rouge, LA 70898 or hrmena8@cox.net.
The closing date is
July 18, 2020 at noon
. The winning bid will be 10% over the next highest bid.
If there is only one bid the winning price will be equal to the reserve. If the difference between the
top bids is less than 10% the winning bid will be equal to the top bid.
All the lots are illustrated in the Socorico Web Site with complete auction conditions. The same information can be obtained
by fax or mail from auction manager. A buyer fee of 5% will be charged, but it will be waived if payment is received within 15
days after notification. If no payment is received 30 days after notification the lot will be assigned to the second highest bidder.
The cost of postage is additional. Packages over $100 will be sent insured and foreign ones will be sent airmail registered at the recipient risk.
Consultwww.usps.com for postage rates. Submit items for next auction by
August 1, 2020 by noon
to auction manager.
All payments will be made to Socorico either by check to Treasurer or PayPal account
Socorico@mail.com
Each bid should be accompanied with the final address to mail the lots, if not available the society listed address will be used.
Catalogue price reference is "Scott Standard Catalogue", other reference numbers are the "Costa Rica Postal Catalogue Fourth Edition" or
"Costa Rica Revenue Stamp Catalogue 2006 (M&R)". Low value stamps are not graded; in a lot the overall grade represents the highest value stamps.
Abbreviations o/p: overprint, s/c: surcharge, cc: circular cancellation, ng: no gum, og: original gum, nh: no hinged, FDC: first day cover, mint
or MNH: mint never hinged, SJ: San Jose, reg: registered, bk: block, i: irregular shape, RUC: right upper corner, RLC: right lower corner, LUC:
lower upper corner, LLC: left lower corner. Commercial covers - unless specified these covers may have stamps of other contemporary issues.
All covers from San Jose or to San Jose unless specified.
| Lot | Description | Reserve |
| 1 | Sc1 and 4 plate proofs in orange | $60.00 |
| 2 | Sc4 1Peso different cancellation 7 items | $70.00 |
| 3 | Sc16-20 Fernandez '83 set used | $2.00 |
| 4 | Sc16-20 o/p muestra, og but 10c no gum | $50.00 |
| 5 | Sc21 5c Soto '87 different cancellation 5 items | $2.00 |
| 6 | Sc21 as above 6 items | $3.00 |
| 7 | Sc21 as above 6 items | $3.00 |
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8a | Sc22 10c Soto '87 different cancellations 10 items | $10.00 |
| 9 | Sc22 as above 6 items | $3.00 |
| 10 | Sc22 as above 6 items | $3.00 |
| 11 | Sc23 1c s/c '89 6 items | $3.00 |
| 12 | Sc23 as above 6 items | $3.00 |
| 13 | Sc24 5c s/c '89 6 items | $3.00 |
| 14 | Sc25b Soto '89 imperf horizontal pair, ng | $60.00 |
| 15 | Sc26a as above strip of 3 imperforated, ng | $30.00 |
| 16 | Sc26b as above vertical pair imperf between, ng | $50.00 |
| 17 | Sc26b as above vertical pair imperf between, full gum | $55.00 |
| 18 | Sc35-44 Arms '92 specimen on unissued color, corners | $70.00 |
| 19 | Sc73 pair with shifted perfs | $5.00 |
| 20 | Sc103 different color shade in frame or design 5 items | $6.00 |
| 21 | Sc105-9 1921 independence imperf, og but 109 | $30.00 |
| 22 | Sc108 as above with 30 in brown | $20.00 |
| 23 | Sc109 as above with 15 in blue | $10.00 |
| 24 | Sc111C-H with 1921 o/p in black, og or ng | $35.00 |
| 25 | Sc243-45 coffee harvesting o/p muestra | $10.00 |
| 26 | Sc257 bottom vertical pair s/c shifted in between stamps MNH | $3.00 |
| 27 | Sc257 s/c shifted to be bottom on top and top on bottom mint hinged | $2.00 |
| 28 | Sc257 faint double surcharge MNH | $3.00 |
| 29 | Sc257 last line partially missing MNH | $2.00 |
| Lot | Description | Reserve |
| Airmal |
| 30 | C11-13 '31 s/c on revenues Used cat 105 | $30.00 |
| 31 | C15-27 '34 first definitive airmail Used | $6.00 |
| 32 | C28-30 airplane overprinted specimen in the 2 prints | $9.00 |
| 33 | C28-30 as above blocks of 3 with plate number | $4.00 |
| 34 | C31-34 '38 Exposition overprinted specimen | $7.00 |
| 35 | C31-34 as above in blocks of 4 | $6.00 |
| 36 | C35-38 '38 Exposition imperf plate proofs with hole | $15.00 |
| 37 | C36-38 as above in blocks of 4 | $6.00 |
| 38 | C31 & 36 overprinted "Elecciones" and Muestra | $6.00 |
| 39 | C39-45 '40 airport overprinted specimen | $10.00 |
| 40 | C39-45 as above in blocks of 4 | $15.00 |
| 41 | C45 ABNC die proof Number 80793 on card | $150.00 |
| 42 | C46-54 Pan American Health Mint | $75.00 |
| 43 | C56 proof of o/p on thin paper | $3.00 |
| 44 | C57-66 '41 soccer complete set Used cat 72 | $30.00 |
| 45 | C67-73 Panama boundary mint | $12.00 |
| 46 | C128-40 HSJD imperforate color proofs | $60.00 |
| 47 | C128-40 as above imperforate proofs in black | $80.00 |
| 48 | C105 proof of o/p in thin paper | $4.00 |
| 49 | C105 proof of o/p on newspaper | $4.00 |
| 50 | C117 proof of o/p on thin paper | $5.00 |
| 51 | C124-27 presidents o/p muestra | $6.00 |
| 52 | C141-44 presidents o/p muestra | $15.00 |
| 53 | C141-44 as above presidents o/p muestra | $14.00 |
| 54 | C154-58 presidents o/p muestra | $8.00 |
| 55 | C220 proof of o/p | $5.00 |
| 56 | C298-302 St Vincent o/p muestra | $25.00 |
| 57 | C252-55 '56 industries o/p muestra | $5.00 |
| 58 | C314-15 proofs of o/p in pairs | $15.00 |
| 59 | C316-19 lawyers o/p muestra | $20.00 |
| 60 | C321-28 UN o/p muestra | $20.00 |
| 61 | C500 brown color shifted down | $7.00 |
| 62 | C538 bk of 4 imperf between | $20.00 |
| 63 | C539-42 handstamp muestra? | $4.00 |
| 64 | C545 printed in dull paper | $10.00 |
| 65 | C578 imperforated right margin | $6.00 |
| 66 | C590 bk of 4 color shift | $5.00 |
| 67 | C646 imperforated on top | $5.00 |
| 68 | C670 1C printed on 2C color | $20.00 |
| Lot | Description | Reserve |
| Other uses and miscellaneous |
| 69 | B4a tete beche, hinged | $15.00 |
| 70 | RA32 bk of 6 double perf in one row, nh | $6.00 |
| 71 | RA78 pair imperf top | $6.00 |
| 72 | Complete collection of Christmas tax 1958 to 2014 181 mint stamps | $25.00 |
| 73 | O82/94 official with perforated star for official used, mint | $10.00 |
| 74 | Guanacaste horiz o/p used 48 items | $60.00 |
| 75 | PPT9-15 Telegraph 1910 imperf pairs proofs | $40.00 |
| 76 | Revenue stamps 1890-1926 used 57 different items | $2.00 |
| 77 | Revenue stamps 1948 to 1965 220 different items | $100.00 |
| 78 | NE1 Non Emis Columbus | $10.00 |
| 79 | E25 essay Thiel | $25.00 |
| 80 | Coffee promotion labels 4 items | $20.00 |
| 81 | Almirante cancel fantasy on paper | $8.00 |
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