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Auction 237

Send all bids to Hector Mena PO Box 14831, Baton Rouge, LA 70898 or hrmena8@cox.net. The closing date is December 28, 2019 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 January 15, 2020 by noon to auction manager.

Upgrade rules. 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. Shipments will be done only on Saturdays.

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.

LotDescriptionReserve
1
1a
37a 1892 Arms 5 cents violet mint, cat 60$20.00
21880-1907 stamps with maritime cancellations (5 items)$6.00
3111c overprint coffee on 1c inverted block of 15 min$20.00
4E13-16 essays 1921 Centenary Independence 2 cents$40.00
5E17-20 1921 essays as above 5 cents$40.00
6E21-24 1921 essays as above 15 cents$40.00
7E114c Jimenez 1923 essay in red$20.00
8PP114 Jimenez 1923 5c plate proof in newspaper$30.00
9112-15 Jimenez 1923 imperforated set of 5 mint$2.00
10112-15 as above in pair including 4c dark green, mint$2.00
11112 as above 2c imperforate block of 10, mint gum$10.00
12112 & 116 as above imperforated blocks in very pale color$6.00
13113 4c perf as above in a block of 14 mint$5.00
14113 4c as above in a block of 8 dark green variety$5.00
15113 4c as above imperforate block of 9 dark green variety$8.00
16113 4c as above imperforate block of 9 with a vertical paper fold$10.00
17
17a
113 4c as above imperforate RUC & vertical pair with paper fold$5.00
18113 4c (115c) pair imperforated in between$15.00
19113 4c (115b) as above double vertical perforation$5.00
20113 4c pair used horizontal shifted perforation$2.00
21114 5c imperforated block of 10 gum$10.00
22114 5c imperforated mirror impressions, one item complete impression on back$5.00
23114 5c perforated mirror impressions, one item complete impression on back$5.00
24114 5c block of 19 gum$10.00
25114, 115 in different color tones$2.00
26115 20c imperforated block of 10 gum$10.00
27115 20c complete sheet with full selvedge gum$20.00
28116 1C block of 21 gum$5.00
29116 1C block of 25 gum$5.00
30112 2c on cover local San Jose Sep 20, 1923$25.00
31114 5c on cover Turrialba to SJ Aug 8, 1923$12.00
32114 5c on cover Cartago to New Jersey Aug 16, 1924$12.00
33242SS M Fernandez black with decree and stamp$75.00
34246 M Fernandez overprint in black$10.00
35257 5c s/c 1953 on archive revenue marginal block of 4, lower 2 fading o/p$8.00
36257 5c s/c 1953 (263d) last line of s/c missing used$5.00
37257 as above (263b) double surcharge$15.00
38257 as above (263e) pair surcharge shifted up$10.00
39257 as above surcharge shifted up$5.00
40257 as above surcharge shifted down$5.00
41C128-40 Hospital plate proofs in black imperf$75.00
42C128-40 Hospital plate color proofs imperf$50.00
43C128-40 Hospital plate color proofs imperf$50.00
44C211-215 Queen Isabella 1952 horiz pairs with gutter in between (see RFC224)$30.00
45C211-2 on cover from 27 de Abril, Guanacaste on 27 April 52 to DC$3.00
46C246-51 Rotary o/p muestra horizontal$20.00
47C246-51 Rotary o/p muestra vertical$20.00
48CPA266 & CPA268a Industries 1956 color proofs$9.00
49MA265-268 as above overprinted Muestra$8.00
50
50a
C298-302 St Vincent Paul imperforated$25.00
51
51a
C367, 69, 70 overprints in different tones$8.00
52C435 Central Bank vertical strip imperf horizontal$10.00
53C436 Central Bank gutter block double perf horizontal$10.00
54C454 churches vertical pair imperf$25.00
55C470 churches vertical pair imperf$25.00
56C482 Olympics vertical pair imperf horizontal$7.00
57C484 "impiada" for "olimpiada" no gum$10.00
58C545 dull printing on thin paper, with normal$15.00
59C633 & 35 double printing of the black$15.00
60C636 vertical pair double perf on lower stamp$6.00
61C638 white background$3.00
62
62a
C640-643 vertical pair imperf horizontal$10.00
63C644 vertical pair imperf horizontal$8.00
64C649 Christmas white background plus darker center$10.00
65C650 Christmas dark color brown missing$4.00
66C651 Christmas brown color missing$10.00
67C653 Brenes right margin imperforated vertical$15.00
68C653 Brenes shifted perforations$4.00
69C662 UPU left margin shifted perf$8.00
70C662 UPU red color missing on stamp$25.00
71C663 UPU horizontal pair imperf vertical$6.00
72C663 UPU vertical pair imperf horizontal top$10.00
73C664 UPU horizontal pair shifted perf$6.00
74C644 UPU vertical pair imperf horizontal top $10.00
75C705 Health blue color shifted down$2.00
76E6 express vertical pair imperf bottom$10.00
77RA2a Industries o/p as Christmas tax 1958 inverted overprint$6.00
78RA32 surtax vertical imperf between$10.00


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