Santa Fe Collections of South America and the Middle East
January 11, 2012

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #126
HONDURAS Air Post
1925 Aero Correo overprints, one-frame exhibit written-up on 16 pages (plus additional items not mounted), with 10 covers (first one is a coverfront), incredible 11 (!) "sheets", complete settings of 12 including 5c blue with black and with blue overprints, 10c dark blue (red overprint), 25c on 1c (two sheets, one with displaced overprint), 50c red, 20c brown (blue and black overprints), 25c on 5c (blue), varieties incl. inverted and double overprints, also tete-beche (horizontal and vertical), vertical overprint on 20c (vertical tete-beche pair), offsets etc., all signed and with certificates from both the Philatelic Foundation and Friedl Expert Committee, many ex famous collections incl. Matthews, Lily, Dr.Lieb, Liechtenstein, Col. Greene and others. There are several items which are probably unique, or nearly so. With so many of these rarities contained in a single collection, it is clear why they seldom appear for sale. This group plus the "Black Honduras" form the largest holding of these classic Air
Box Envelope *O
Catalog #C1-11,13
Price Realized
$100,000.00

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