Santa Fe Collections of South America and the Middle East
January 11, 2012
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 | Lot #60 COLOMBIA Air Post 1919 First Experimental Air Mail Flight, Barranquilla to Puerto Colombia to Barranquilla by American aviator William Knox Martin, June 18, 1919. On this occasion, 200 copies of 2centavo stamps were overprinted at Barranquilla Printing Office. This was executed in horizontal strips of ten, which were severed with a guillotine knife, causing horizontal perforations to have a "cut" appearance. Of the total stamps issued, 160 were used on covers on the special flight. An unused single, full original gum, well centered, slight overall toning as always, intact perforations on all sides, v.f., signed Herbert Bloch etc. (note in Scott's "values are for faulty stamps") * Catalog #C1 Catalog Value $3,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #61 COLOMBIA Air Post 1919 First Experimental Air Mail Flight, Barranquilla to Puerto Colombia to Barranquilla by American aviator William Knox Martin, June 18, 1919. On this occasion, 200 copies of 2centavo stamps were overprinted at Barranquilla Printing Office. This was executed in horizontal strips of ten, which were severed with a guillotine knife, causing horizontal perforations to have a "cut" appearance. Of the total stamps issued, 160 were used on covers on the special flight. An unused left sheet margin single, unused without gum, v.f. and scarce positional piece, signed Herbert Bloch etc., (*) Catalog #C1 Catalog Value $3,500 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #62 COLOMBIA Air Post 1919 2c carmine rose, used, well centered, fine, signed Herbert Bloch etc., with 1974 Friedl certificate, O Catalog #C1 Catalog Value $1,700 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #63 COLOMBIA Air Post 1919 2c carmine rose, used on flown cover from Barranquilla to Puerto Colombia, cover with hinge stains and slightly reduced at left, stamp v.f., signed A.Diena,  Catalog #C1 Catalog Value $1,700 | Unsold |
 | Lot #64 COLOMBIA Air Post 1919 2c carmine rose, variety numeral "1" of "18" with serifs, used on flown cover from Barranquilla to Puerto Colombia, filing fold away from the stamp, fine and very rare, only 20 printed, with 2001 Alex Rendon certificate (catalogue value for used off cover) Catalog #C1a Catalog Value $4,250 | Unsold |
 | Lot #65 COLOMBIA Air Post 1920 Compania Colombiana de Navegacion Aerea was founded September 28, 1919. In February 1920, the C.C.N.A. obtained a franchise to fly between Cartagena and Barranquilla and was authorized to issue its own stamps. This was facilitated by overprinting "Compania Colombiana de Navegacion Aerea Porte Aereo" and surcharging "$0.10" on the Curtiss Aereo Plane & Motor Co. advertising labels. Less than 100 of each of the nine types were produced. These stamps were used on two first flights on February 22, 1920 from Cartagena and returning March 4 from Barranquilla. In July 1920, the air mail concession was passed to SCADTA. The C.C.N.A. ceased to operate in April, 1922. This lot consists of the complete set of nine values, unused without gum as issued, fresh and in very fine condition, with large margins all around, without the usual faults that plague this most popular air post issue, signed Herbert Bloch, Sanabria, Irwin Heiman, Enzo Diena and others, with Friedl Expert Committee certificates from the 1970s and (*) Catalog #C2-10 Catalog Value EUR 48,250 | Price Realized $26,000.00 |
 | Lot #66 COLOMBIA Air Post 1920 10c Clouds and Small Biplane at Top, tied by oval postmark on coverfront addressed to Barranquilla, stamp v.f., O Catalog #C2 Catalog Value $1,875 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #67 COLOMBIA Air Post 1920 surcharged "30 cvs" on 10c green, imperf. single, unused without gum as issued v.f., rare, signed Irwin Koslow etc. (San.19) (*) Catalog #C11var | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #68 COLOMBIA Air Post 1920 Scadta Issue, complete set in blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. (catalogue value for hinged singles)  **Catalog #C12-16 Catalog Value $1,100 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #69 COLOMBIA Air Post 1920 Scadta Issue, complete set in blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. (catalogue value for hinged singles) **Catalog #C12-16 Catalog Value $1,100 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #70 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 Provisional Surcharges (Neiva) "Valor 10 Centavos" surcharge in black or violet on 50c pale green, three distinct types, selection of 10 stamps on album page, thee used, others unused with original gum, varieties including double and inverted surcharges, missing "Valor" etc., fine-v.f., signed Holcombe etc., rare group (catalogued as ordinary singles) *O Catalog #C17-20var Catalog Value $11,050 | Price Realized $5,500.00 |
 | Lot #71 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 Valor 10 Centavos on 50c pale green, block of four, h.r. at right with some minor creasing left stamps n.h., with handstamped guarantee marks, rare multiple (as there were only 100 printed, few blocks of four still exist), with 2000 PFC (catalogue value for hinged singles) */**Catalog #C17 Catalog Value $5,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #72 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 10c on 50c green, "1" inverted, h.r., v.f., signed Stolow, only 100 issued, * Catalog #C18 Catalog Value $1,250 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #73 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 "Vaolr 10 Centavos" (instead of "Valor") on 50c pale green, used on piece in combination with regular 3c stamp, fine, with 2000 PFC (catalogue value for normal) O Catalog #C19var Catalog Value $1,200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #74 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 10c on 50c green, black surcharge inverted, h.r., v.f., signed Stolow * Catalog #C20var | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #75 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 Valor 30 Ctvos on 50c pale green, h.r., signed Champion etc., with 1981 APS and 1993 Alex Rendon certificates, * Catalog #C21 Catalog Value $925 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #76 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 30c on 50c pale green, two different used, fine-v.f., signed Stolow and Herbert Bloch, rare, O Catalog #C22,24 Catalog Value $2,900 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #77 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 5c-3p, also 1923 5p olive green, blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. (catalogued as hinged singles) **Catalog #C25-34,C50 Catalog Value $1,444 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #78 COLOMBIA Air Post 1922 Provisional handstamps (Bogota) Valor 20 Ctvs on 50c pale green, h.r., fine, signed Stolow, rare (this provisional was prepared to meet the new rate structure, pending the arrival of the stamps printed in Germany. The 20c was a supplementary value used on multiple-rated northbound mail), * Catalog #C36 Catalog Value $3,750 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #79 COLOMBIA Air Post 1922 Provisional handstamps (Bogota) Valor 20 Ctvs on 50c pale green, neat Scadta postmark, small thin, fine appearance, signed Stolow, O Catalog #C36 Catalog Value $2,500 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #80 COLOMBIA Air Post 1922 surcharged "30 Cent" in violet on 10c yellow, l.h., fresh and fine, signed Stolow. This rare provisional surcharge was issued in Bogota on May 5, 1922, due to a sudden shortage of the 30c value. The original 30c stamp was already demonetized, so 200 surcharges were prepared, but few mint copies were sold. An undercatalogued stamp, * Catalog #C37 Catalog Value $850 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #81 COLOMBIA Air Post 1923 5c-5p complete set of mostly sheet corner margin blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. (catalogued as hinged singles) **Catalog #C38-50 Catalog Value $798 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #82 COLOMBIA Air Post 1923-28 provisional surcharges, four different blocks of four, mostly n.h., occasional dried gum, fine-v.f. (catalogued as hinged singles) */**Catalog #C51-54 Catalog Value $1,310 | Price Realized $625.00 |
