U.S. and Worldwide Stamps; South America; Russia
January 13-14, 2010
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #2113 COLOMBIA Air Post 1919 2c carmine, unused with original gum, h.r., signed Champion etc., fine example of this scarce issue (at most 49 unused examples in existence), with 2009 Dieter Bortfeldt cert. (YT 1) * Catalog #C1 Catalog Value €5,000 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #2114 COLOMBIA Air Post 1920 Curtiss Company, three different labels with sheet margins, unused without gum as issued, v.f., signed Calves (*) | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #2115 COLOMBIA Air Post 1920 10c Woman & Boy Watching Plane, unused without gum as issued, h.r., v.f., (*) Catalog #C2 Catalog Value $2,750 | Price Realized $2,100.00 |
 | Lot #2116 COLOMBIA Air Post 1920 10c Flier in Plane, unused without gum as issued, v.f., signed Bloch, with 1957 Friedl cert., (*) Catalog #C5 Catalog Value $3,250 | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #2117 COLOMBIA Air Post 1920 10c Lighthouse, unused without gum as issued, h.r., v.f., (*) Catalog #C6 Catalog Value $2,750 | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #2118 COLOMBIA Air Post 1920 (October) Lithographed by Valiente, Barranquilla, issued but not used, 10c green, 10c vermilion, vertical se-tenant pairs, also four additional copies of 10c red, all mounted and written-up with positions of the sheet indicated, v.f. (San.12-16) (*) Catalog #YT PA10-13 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #2119 COLOMBIA Air Post 1920 10c red brown, lower left sheet corner margin block of six, with inscription, unused without gum as issued, creases away from the stamps, also vertical tete-beche strip of four, creases, mostly fine-v.f., high catalogue value  (*)Catalog #YT 11,13 | Unsold |
 | Lot #2120 COLOMBIA Air Post 1920 10c green, block of four, unused without gum as issued, v.f., (*)Catalog #YT 14 Catalog Value €920 | Unsold |
 | Lot #2121 COLOMBIA Air Post 1920 10c green, used with additional franking on first flight (by Italian pilot Guicciardi) cover from Barranquilla to Medellin, some toning, otherwise fine, with appropriate pmks, Diena cert.  Catalog #YT 14 | Unsold |
 | Lot #2122 COLOMBIA Air Post 1920 Sociedad Colombo-Alemana de Transportes Aereos (SCADTA), 10c-50c complete set in full sheets, 10c yellow, 15c blue (part of "print and turn tete-beche showing at bottom) and 30c rose (panes of 32), 30c black on rose and 50c green (sheets of 48), last two folded between stamps, with hinge reinforcements, creases and stains, otherwise fine-v.f., quite possibly the only surviving set of sheets, ex-Matthews and Braunstein collections, with a copy of an article regarding this issue (YT PA19-23) */**Catalog #C12-16 Catalog Value €11,040 | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #2123 COLOMBIA Air Post 1920 surcharged "30 Cvs." on 10c green and brown red, two different, unused without gum as issued, fine-v.f., signed Sanabria (*) | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #2124 COLOMBIA Air Post 1920 large cover (reduced at left) to Barranquilla, franked with 10c yellow, cancelled by "Servicio Postal Aereo/Scadta/Girardot", used with 1peso franking (1921 issue), paying $1.10 rate with government franking, Barranquilla 12 May, 1922 datestamps, fine and impressive cover Catalog #C12 | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #2125 COLOMBIA Air Post 1920 business-size envelope (opened for display), Tobacco Products Export Co. franked with horizontal coil strip of 5x2c from New York, September 23, 1921 to The American Legation in Bogotá. Upon arrival, four copies of 30c black on rose were added on back, cancelled "Sociedad Colombo-Alemana de Transportes Aereos (Compania Anonima)" in Barranquilla and flown to Bogotá, with Oct.18, 1921 arrival pmks, faults noted, but spectacular item, ex-Boonshaft Catalog #C14 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #2126 COLOMBIA Air Post 1920 cover franked with 50c green, used with 3c government franking on Scadta First Flight (October 19-20) cover from Barranquilla to Bogotá, via Girardot, cancelled by the "Servicio Postal Aereo S.C.-A.de T.A." in oval, with "Humming Bird", Bogotá, Oct.21, 1920 arrival handstamp on back, little toning, otherwise fine, signed Alex Rendon. The "Colombia" piloted by Helmut von Krohn with W.Schnurbusch as chief engineer, departed Barranquilla at 7:00 am and arrived in Puerto Berrio at 3:30 pm. After spending the night, the pilots departed at 10:00 am, arriving in Girardot two hours later, This is the scarcest Scadta First Flight cover Catalog #C15 | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #2127 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 Surcharged "$030c" and "$050c" on previously handstamped "Valor 10 Centavos" ("1" inverted), used as always, fine-v.f., ex-Harmer collection, signed Alex Rendon, with Friedl certificates. When the new definitive issue became available, stamps with "10c" handstamps became obsolete. They were revalidated by applying the additional 30c and 50c surcharges. Both are very rare as only a few have been recorded (Gebauer 34a,34b) (SG 15-16) O Catalog #C18var Catalog Value £4,750 | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #2128 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 surcharged "Valor 10 Centavos" in blue, n.h., light creases, otherwise fine, signed Brun, ** Catalog #C18 Catalog Value $900 | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #2129 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 Surcharged in blue ("1" of "10" inverted) 10c on 50c green, cancelled "Navegacion Aerea Neiva", tied by oval "Sociedad Colombo Alemana Correos Aereos Girardot" on cover used with government franking to Bogotá, Nov.16, 1921 arrival datestamp, v.f. signed Alex Rendon (catalogue value for a used stamp) Catalog #C18var Catalog Value $850 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #2130 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 Surcharged in blue ("1" of "10" inverted) 10c on 50c green, cancelled "Navegacion Aerea Neiva", tied by oval "Sociedad Colombo Alemana Correos Aereos Girardot" on cover used with government franking to Bogotá, Nov.16, 1921 arrival datestamp, v.f. (catalogue value for a used stamp) Catalog #C18var Catalog Value $850 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #2131 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 Surcharged type III, in black 10c on 50c green, cancelled "Navegacion Aerea Neiva" in violet, with part of adjoining stamp at bottom, fine, signed Alex Rendon (YT PA24) O Catalog #C19 Catalog Value $850 | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #2132 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 typewritten "Valor $0.30" in violet on 50c green, cancelled by oval "Girardot" datestamp, small thins, usual perfs, fine appearance O Catalog #C19var | Price Realized $2,700.00 |
 | Lot #2133 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 surcharged type III, in violet 10c on 50c green, surcharge inverted, cancelled "Navegacion Aerea Neiva" in violet, fine (Gebauer values inverted surcharges at double the price of regular issues) O Catalog #C19var Catalog Value $850 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #2134 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 surcharged in black, type IV ("Vaolr 10 Centavos") error, 10c on 50c green, cancelled "Navegacion Aerea Neiva", tied by oval "Sociedad Colombo Alemana Correos Aereos Girardot" on cover used with government franking to Bogotá, Nov.16, 1921 arrival datestamp, v.f. signed Alex Rendon (YT PA24a) Catalog #C19var | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #2135 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 surcharged "Vaolr 10 Centavos" on 50c (error "Vaolr" for "Valor"), cancelled "Sociedad Colombo-Alemana Correos Aereos" in green and used in combination with 3c regular franking on cover from Girardot to Neiva, with arrival hs, fine Catalog #C19var | Unsold |
 | Lot #2136 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 Provisional Handstamps (Neiva), typewritten "Valor $0.10" in violet on 50c green, tied by oval "Sociedad Colombo Alemana Correos Aereos Girardot" on cover, used with government franking to Neiva, with arrival datestamp, fine, signed Kessler, Aisslinger, BPP. It is difficult to establish the exact status of these stamps. The company (Scadta) was pre-occupied with other problems at that time and did not check on details of the surcharge. Due to the fact that original stamp was a 50centavo value, there was no reason to object to the devalued surcharges, as the company collected the original face value of the stamps. Even if they were produced by one of the employees, these surcharges were affixed on mail actually flown by Scadta Catalog #C19var | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #2137 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 Typewritten "Valor $0.10" in red on 50c green, tied by "Navegacion Aerea Neiva" and faint oval "Sociedad Colombo Alemana Correos Aereos Girardot" on cover, used with government franking to Bogotá, with government franking cancelled by November 16, 1921 arrival datestamps, fine, signed Kessler, Alex Rendon Catalog #C19var | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #2138 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 surcharged "Vaolr 10 Centavos" on 50c (error "Vaolr" for "Valor"), inverted and tied by "Sociedad Colombo-Alemana Transportes Aereos" in violet, used in combination with regular franking on coverfront addressed to Barranquilla Catalog #C19var | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #2139 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 surcharged 30c on 50c green, oval Cartagena canc., perf. faults and little toning, fine appearance, O Catalog #C20 Catalog Value $600 | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #2140 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 surcharged 30c on 50c green, tied by oval Girardod cancel on piece, fine, O Catalog #C20 Catalog Value $600 | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #2141 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 surcharged "Valor 30 Centavos" on 50c, cancelled by red Barranquilla pmk and used in combination with 3c regular franking on cover to Bogotá, fine, with arrival pmk (San.27) Catalog #C20 | Unsold |
 | Lot #2142 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 Surcharged "Valor 30 Centavos" on 50c green, vertical pair, bottom stamp with double surcharge, some natural gum creases at top, otherwise fine, signed Brun, Alex Rendon (catalogue value for normal surcharges) * Catalog #C20,20var Catalog Value $1,400 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #2143 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 surcharged "Valor 30 Centavos" on 50c green, surcharge type I in black (57mm) and violet (58mm), two used singles, the latter on piece (basic stamp with pre-print fold-over), little toning, signed Alex Rendon, O Catalog #C20,20var Catalog Value 1,200 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #2144 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 Handstamped in black "Valor 30 Centavos" on 50c green, surcharge partly doubled, used, little thinning and minor wrinkles, otherwise fine (catalogue value for normal surcharge) O Catalog #C20var Catalog Value $600 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #2145 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 Handstamped in black "Valor 30 Centavos" on 50c green, surcharge double, Barranquilla cancel, thin, otherwise fine, signed Kessler (catalogue value for normal surcharge) O Catalog #C20var Catalog Value $600 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #2146 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 surcharged "Valor 30 Centavos" type II surcharge in violet inverted, tied by light Girardot postmark in green on cover to Barranquilla, fine, with October 22, 1921 arrival pmk. A rare cover from the Colombia Railways & Navigation Co. correspondence, ex-Boonshaft Catalog #C20var | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #2147 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 Surcharged in black "Valor 30 Centavos" on 50c green, double surcharge, used with additional 3c National franking on cover from Medellin, November 7, 1921 to Tampa, Fla, tied by "Sociedad Colombo Alemana de Transportes Aereos Medellin", roughly opened at right, otherwise fine Catalog #C20var | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #2148 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 surcharged 30c on 50c green, h.r., poor perforations as often, otherwise fine, * Catalog #C21 Catalog Value $700 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #2149 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 Surcharged "Valor 30 Ctvos S.C.A.T.A." on 50c green, clock cancel November 1921, fine, O Catalog #C21 Catalog Value $600 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #2150 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 Surcharged "Valor 30 Ctvos S.C.A.T.A." on 50c green, clock cancel, also November 17 Bogotá arrival, fine, signed Alex Rendon (YT PA27) O Catalog #C21 Catalog Value $600 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #2151 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 surcharged "Valor 30 Ctvos S.C.A.T.A." on 50c green, tied by oval Girardot departure pmk on The Colombia Railway and Navigation Co. cover, used in combination with 3c government franking to Barranquilla (additional franking possibly removed at left), fine and scarce on cover, ex-Bartels (Sanabria 38, catalogue value from the 1966 edition) Catalog #C21 Catalog Value $1,000 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #2152 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 surcharged 30c on 50c green, oval Girardot cancel, fine, Catalog #C21 Catalog Value $600 | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #2153 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 handstamped "30c 30c" on 50c green, cancelled Bogotá, May 2, 1921, usual perforations, fine. This is the first of the Scadta surcharges, initially used on mail leaving Bogotá on May 2nd, when the supply of 30c stamps ran out, with Rendon and APS certificates (YT PA28a) O Catalog #C22 Catalog Value $1,100 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #2154 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 handstamped "30c 30c" on 50c green, cancelled "Sociedad Colombo Alemana de Transportes Aereos", usual perforations, signed Alex Rendon (YT PA28a) O Catalog #C22 Catalog Value $1,100 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #2155 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 handstamped "30c 30c" on 50c green, used with additional 3c National franking on cover from Barranquilla, 1921 to Philadelphia, additionally cancelled "Sociedad Colombo Alemana de Transportes Aereos", usual perforation and cover faults, fine appearance, ex-Boonshaft, Friedman collections (catalogue value for used stamp off cover) Catalog #C22 Catalog Value $1,100 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #2156 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 handstamped "$0 30" on 50c green, variety showing inverted "cc" after numerals, Bogotá Scadta postmark, fine (catalogue value for normal stamp) O Catalog #C23var Catalog Value $1,100 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #2157 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 handstamped "$030c" on 50c green, cancelled on piece, fine, signed Alex Rendon (YT PA 28b) O Catalog #C24 Catalog Value $1,100 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #2158 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 handstamped "$0 30c" on 50c green, two copies, small faults, fine appearance (YT PA 28b) O Catalog #C24 Catalog Value $2,200 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #2159 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 handstamped "$0 30c" on 50c, sheet margin single, imperf. at bottom, cancelled "Sociedad Colombo-Alemana Transportes Aereos" in violet and used in combination with 3c regular franking on flown cover to Barranquilla, fine and very rare on cover Catalog #C24 | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #2160 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 handstamped "$0 30c" on 50c green, used with 3c government franking on cover from the Colombian National Railway Company in Girardot to Scadta Company in Barranquilla, 3 November 1921 departure datestamp, filing folds and some toning, otherwise fine, signed Alex Rendon, ex-Friedman (catalogue value for used off cover) Catalog #C24 Catalog Value $1,100 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #2161 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 surcharged "$0 30c" on 50c green, surcharge inverted, vertical crease, otherwise fine, signed Kessler (YT PA 28b,var) (catalogue value for the normal surcharge) O Catalog #C24var Catalog Value $1,100 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #2162 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 Issue, complete set, fine-v.f., * Catalog #C25-35 Catalog Value $407 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #2163 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 3p and 5p imperforate singles, v.f. * Catalog #C34-35var | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #2164 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 20c orange brown, error of color (translated incorrectly as "claret", from the Spanish color similar to the one used on the 15c value), three copies, one used, also 20c red brown, horizontal pair, imperf. vertically, plus 30c green, sheet margin imperf. single, fine-v.f., scarce group of errors * Catalog #San.50a,50b,51a | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #2165 COLOMBIA Air Post 1923 Scadta's Manuscript "Paid" Provisionals, two covers, one endorsed "Pago 0.30" another "Pago $0.30 os postes / no hay estampillas" ($0.30c in postage was prepaid because there were no 30 centavos stamps in stock) each used with government franking from Medellin, November 3, 1923 to Bogotá and from Puerto Berrio, March 25, 1924 to Cartagena. These manuscript provisionals were necessitated by the stamp shortage caused by the disappearance of 16,000 30c stamps from the ship "Christian Horn". A fine and unique pair of covers, ex-Jean Gravelat and Debbie Friedman's collections, with a photocopy of an article in the April 1970 issue of Aero Philatelic Annals (Vol.17, No.4) | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #2166 COLOMBIA Air Post 1923 In 1923 many stamps, including 640 sheets of the 30c value, disappeared from a shipment sent by the steamer "Christian Horn". This was a substantial financial loss and in order to detect the missing stamps, the remaining stock were overprinted with a small control "dot" (secret dot). The color of the dot is the same as the stamp and the overprinted values are sometimes difficult to notice. They exist mostly on the 30c value and are also known on 10c and 60c. A specialized collection, with a photocopy of a short article from "El Tiempo" November 24, 1923 edition explaining the problem, mounted exhibition style on pages, with 63 covers including eight with 10c, thirteen with 60c, balance with the 30c value, with earliest known usage (November 19,1923), mixed frankings, combinations, 20c black (instead of gray) overprinted "R", used with 10c (with secret dot), 30c with double dot (one of only two known on cover) and more, some quite spectacular, different destinations etc. An important collection of | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #2167 COLOMBIA Air Post 1923 Issue, complete set unused, plus "R" overprint, also collection of 15 covers (plus five coverfronts, mostly with high values including 5peso), all written up on pages, with respect to value, rates and destinations, printed matter rates, early usages, one (stated to be unique) with a Scadta Traffic section facing-slip for one cover to Paris (separated from cover), registered and flight covers, control dots, 1peso inverted "V" instead of "A" in "Colombia", very early use (June 4) of 30c and "R" on 20c, fees, fine-v.f., interesting collection *Catalog #C38-50,CF1 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #2168 COLOMBIA Air Post 1923 (June 4) Issue, 15c orange, error of color, imperforate sheet corner margin block of four, h.r. at top, stamps n.h. but with dried, disturbed gum, little thinning at bottom, otherwise v.f., signed Stolow. The error of color was discovered at control and rejected. Stamp was eventually issued in brown red, ex-Harmer, Friedman collections *Catalog #C40var | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #2169 COLOMBIA Air Post 1923 (June 4) Issue, 2p gray, imperf. small die proof on thin card, v.f., signed Cole, ex-Friedman P Catalog #C48P | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #2170 COLOMBIA Air Post 1923 (June 4) Issue, 1peso gray, double impression, used on large coverfront, perf. defects, otherwise v.f., ex-Rothschild Catalog #San.85d | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #2171 COLOMBIA Air Post 1923 (Oct. 29) Provisional Issue, 30c on 60c "Postal Aereo", used on cover October 29, 1923 (Day of Issue) from Barranquilla to Bogotá, v.f., signed Alex Rendon Catalog #San.91 | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #2172 COLOMBIA Air Post 1923-28 30c on 20c Provisional surcharge, two different types, unused, also a single on cover from Barranquilla, Oct.22, 1923 to Bogotá; plus Mendez Good Will Flight from New York to Bogotá, set of two overprints, plus used on separate covers from Bogotá to Berlin, or to Cali, fine-v.f. lot *Catalog #C51,53-54 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #2173 COLOMBIA Air Post 1928 4c stationery entire additionally franked with 4c and used from "Paipa" to the Scadta Office in Bogotá, additionally franked on reverse with pair of 6c red (Correos Extra Rapidos) and tied by boxed "Compania de Transportes Terrestries" in blue, fine and scarce usage | Unsold |
 | Lot #2174 COLOMBIA Air Post 1929 Issue, complete set unused, plus "R" overprint, also collection of 26 covers, all written up on pages, with respect to value, rates and destinations, some mixed frankings with Canal Zone, including varieties on cover, fractional usage (40c used as 20c), mailing bag tags, advertising and flights, high values on cover, also 1930 Bolivar overprints, mixed frankings with 1932 "Correos Aereo" overprints, and more *Catalog #C55-67,80-82,CF2 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #2175 COLOMBIA Air Post 1929 Gold Currency Issue, complete set, also 1p, 2p, 3p and 5p singles, pairs and blocks with punch cancels (used on air parcel post receipts), plus covers including mixed frankings with United States (11) and Netherlands (three), Cuba, Curacao, Belgium (three), Italy, Costa Rica, Panama, Surinam, Switzerland (two), Venezuela (three) and one from Spain, excellent selection of 29 items, mainly written up on pages, some scarce combinations with the Gold Currency issues including high values, many interesting items, fine-v.f. *Catalog #C68-79,CF3 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #2176 COLOMBIA Air Post 1929 Gold Currency Issue, complete set handstamped "Specimen" in blue, mounted on card as distributed to Scadta agents, fine-v.f., apparently the only recorded Specimen set on card S Catalog #C68-79,CF3S | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #2177 COLOMBIA Air Post 1930 Simon Bolivar surcharges, set of three tied by "Anulada" handstamps on Scadta typewritten document, dated Nov.21, 1930 and explaining the issue, also set of sheets of 25 or 50 as issued, showing short "1", comma and no stop varieties, couple of tiny hinge marks, mostly n.h., v.f., */**Catalog #C80-82 Catalog Value $681 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #2178 COLOMBIA Air Post 1932 40c violet, "Correo Aereo" inverted, n.h., v.f., with 2004 Colomphil (Dieter Bortfeldt) cert. ** Catalog #C88var | Price Realized $200.00 |
