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Auction 227
Send all bids and payments to Raul Hernandez, 4204 Haring Road, Metaire, LA 70006 USA or rherna3870@aol.com. The closing date is
June 30, 2017 at noon.
The winning bid will be one raise over the next highest bid. All the lots may be illustrated in the Socorico Web Site with complete auction conditions. Bids a step above the second highest bid will be placed in our web site two and one week and one or two days prior the closing date. The same information can be obtained by phone, fax or mail from R. Hernandez. 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. Consult www.usps.com for postage rates.
Catalogue price reference is "Scott Standard Catalogue", other reference numbers are the "Costa Rica Postal Catalogue Fourth Edition 2014" or "Costa Rica Revenue Stamp Catalogue 2006". Low value stamps are not graded; in a lot the overall grade represents the highest value stamps. Submit items for next auction by
July 15, 2017 by noon
to Hector Mena, P.O. Box 14831, Baton Rouge LA 70898.
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 |
| Official Mail |
| 001 | Sc C11-13, gum, hinge | 50.00 |
| 002 | Sc C11-13 used | 50.00 |
| 003 | Sc C14a, inverted ovpt. MNH | 16.00 |
| 004 | Sc C14a, inverted ovpt. Used | 13.00 |
| 005 | Sc C15-27 gum. hinge | 18.00 |
| 006 | Sc C15-27, as above used | 8.00 |
| 007 | Sc C39-45, MNH | 4.00 |
| 008 | Sc C39-45 as above , used | 3.00 |
| 009 | Sc C46-54, gum, traces of hinge MNH | 90.00 |
| 010 | Sc C46-54, used | 75.00 |
| 011 | Mena A55a, MNH, surcharge on 25 cts orange (300) | 20.00 |
| 012 | Sc C57-66, gum, almost imperceptible hinge marks | 45.00 |
| 013 | Sc C57-66 as above, used | 35.00 |
| 014 | Sc C74-80 MNH | 12.00 |
| 015 | Sc C74-80 as above , used | 11.00 |
| 016 | Sc C81-91A, MNH (22 stamps) | 14.00 |
| 017 | Sc C81-91A as above used | 7.00 |
| 018 | Sc C67 , missing Hyphen, MNH | 10.00 |
| 019 | Sc C67, inverted ovpt, MNH | 10.00 |
| 020 | Sc C68, missing hyphen vertical pair, MNH | 15.00 |
| 021 | Sc C67-73 used. | 14.00 |
| 022 | Sc C94-102, MNH | 53.00 |
| 023 | Sc C94-102, used | 40.00 |
| 024 | Sc C104a, blue ovpt, MNH | 50.00 |
| 025 | Sc C104-116, MNH | 16.00 |
| 026 | Sc C104-16, as above used | 11.00 |
| 027 | Sc C128-140, MNH | 16.00 |
| 028 | Sc C154 normal and inverted surcharge, MNH | 5.00 |
| 029 | Sc C155 red and blue surcharge, MNH | 5.00 |
| 030 | Sc C156 normal and inverted surcharge, MNH | 5.00 |
| 031 | Sc C157-158 bar to left of surcharge, MNH | 5.00 |
| 032 | Sc C168-177, MNH | 12.00 |
| 033 | Sc C183 block of 4, bars above 1824-1849 on first stamp, MNH | 4.00 |
| 034 | Sc C183, single and used pair, lines above 1824-1849 | 2.00 |
| 035 | Sc C187-210, MNH | 20.00 |
| 036 | Sc C187-210, used | 10.00 |
| 037 | Sc C227-245, MNH | 19.00 |
| 038 | Sc C298-302, MNH imperforate | 20.00 |
| Lot | Description | Reserve |
| First Issue and surcharges (Scott 1 to 14) |
| 039 | Sc 1 imperforate plate proofs thin paper | 15.00 |
| 040 | Sc 2 imperforate plate proofs thin paper | 15.00 |
| 041 | Sc 3 imperforate plate proof cardboard | 10.00 |
| 042 | Sc 4 imperforate plate proof thin paper | 10.00 |
| 043 | Sc 1 & 2 imperforate proofs o/p specimen 3 items | 15.00 |
| 044 | Sc 1a three pairs mint | 1.00 |
| 045 | Sc 1 six cancellations 1 | 5.00 |
| 046 | Sc 1 six cancellations 2 | 5.00 |
| 047 | Sc 1 six cancellations 3 | 5.00 |
| 048 | Sc 1 six cancellations 4 | 5.00 |
| 049 | Sc 1 six cancellations 5 | 5.00 |
| 050 | Sc 1 six cancellations 6 | 5.00 |
| 051 | Sc 1 seven cancellations 7 | 5.00 |
| 052 | Sc 1 seven cancellations 8 | 5.00 |
| 053 | Sc 1 seven cancellations 9 | 5.00 |
| 054 | Sc 1 1d cracked plate pos 1 | 10.00 |
| 055 | Sc 1 1d early cracked plate pos 1 in a corner block of 6 | | 40.00
| 056 | Sc 2 two mint never hinged | 2.00 |
| 057 | Sc 2 eight samples full gum hinge marks | 3.00 |
| 058 | Sc 2 five cancellations 1 | 10.00 |
| 059 | Sc 2 five cancellations 2 | 10.00 |
| 060 | Sc 2 five cancellations 3 | 10.00 |
| 061 | Sc 2 five cancellations 4 | 10.00 |
| 062 | Sc 2 five cancellations 5 | 10.00 |
| 063 | Sc 2 five cancellations 6 | 10.00 |
| 064 | Sc 2 five cancellations 7 | 10.00 |
| 065 | Sc 2 five cancellations 8 | 10.00 |
| 066 | Sc 2a engraver line through DOS, pos 1 | 10.00 |
| 067 | Sc 2a engraver line through DOS, marginal pair used SJ circular | 20.00 |
| 068 | Sc 3 three cancellations 1 | 20.00 |
| 069 | Sc 3 three cancellations 2 | 20.00 |
| 070 | Sc 3 three cancellations 3 | 20.00 |
| 071 | Sc 3 three cancellations 4 | 20.00 |
| 072 | Sc 3 four cancellations | 15.00 |
| 073 | Sc 3 two cancellations | 10.00 |
| 074 | Sc 3a double entry of "Correos de Costa Rica" pos 8 | 150.- |
| 075 | Sc 4 used 1 1 in diamond and bars | 18.00 |
| 076 | Sc 4 used 2 date Nov 6, 1879 | 18.00 |
| 077 | Sc 4 used 3 San Jose oval | 18.00 |
| 078 | Sc 4 used 4 1 in diamond and bars | 18.00 |
| 079 | Sc 4 used (3 items) | 9.00 |
| 080 | Sc 4 used 7 1 in diamond and bars | 18.00 |
| 081 | Sc 4 used 9 dated circular | 18.00 |
| 082 | Sc 4 used 10 date Aug 25, 1877 | 18.00 |
| 083 | Sc 4 used 11 date July 12, 1881 | 18.00 |
| 084 | Sc 7 s/c first plate gum hinge 3 items | 8.00 |
| 085 | Sc 7 as above no gum 3 items | 5.00 |
| 086 | Sc 7a s/c over second plate, no gum | 5.00 |
| 087 | Sc 7a as above, no gum | 5.00 |
| 088 | Sc 7a as above, no gum | 5.00 |
| 089 | Sc 8 s/c cursive C on first plate no gum | 6.00 |
| 090 | Sc 8 as above no gum (nick on corner) | 3.00 |
| 091 | Sc 8 s/c cursive C on first plate has a dot left of 1 | 12.00 |
| 092 | Sc 9 2c on second plate with gum, 2 items over inked | 3.00 |
| 093 | Sc 9 as above 3 item with gum | 5.00 |
| 094 | Sc 9 as above no gum, signed Cohen | 1.00 |
| 095 | Sc 9a on 1 plate 2 items with gum | 10.00 |
| 096 | Sc 9a as above 2 items no gum | 5.00 |
| 097 | Sc 9a as above 1 item with gum | 3.00 |
| 098 | Sc 9a as above with postal markings 2 items | 3.00 |
| 099 | Sc 9, 9a as above with postal markings 2 items | 3.00 |
| 100 | Sc 12 5c gum | 7.00 |
| 101 | Sc 12 as above gum | 5.00 |
| 102 | Sc 13 with a genuine cancel, so rare not price by Scott | 150.- |
| 103 | Sc 14 with a genuine cancel, so rare not price by Scott | 150.- |
| 104 | Sc 14 with a genuine cancel, so rare not price by Scott | 150.- |
| 105 | Fantasies of blue stamp | 10.00 |
| 106 | Fantasies of orange stamp | 10.00 |
| 107 | Fantasies of green stamp | 10.00 |
| 108 | Fantasies of yellow stamp including the PESEDA | 10.00 |
| 109 | Fake cancels on 7 and 12 (3 items) | 5.00 |
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