U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
April 29-30, 2014
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #376 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 | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #377 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 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #378 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 | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #379 COLOMBIA Air Post 1920 10c Flier in Plane Watching Biplane, cancelled on piece, clear CCNA Agencia Cartagena in oval, little adhesive toning, otherwise v.f., scarce O Catalog #C5 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #380 COLOMBIA Air Post 1920 10c Lighthouse, unused without gum as issued, h.r., v.f., (*) Catalog #C6 Catalog Value $3,000 | Price Realized $2,100.00 |
 | Lot #381 COLOMBIA Air Post 1920 10c Fuselage and Tail of Biplane, light pmk, minute wrinkles and surface flaws, also unoverprinted Curtis Co. vignette, v.f. O Catalog #C7 | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #382 COLOMBIA Air Post 1920 10c Condor on Cliff, margin clipped at left as usual, used on cover (somewhat reduced at bottom and at left) dated 22 February, cancelled by CCNA/Cartagena, upfranked at single rate with National Post 1c and 2c, both tied by Correo Aereo/Cartagena-Colombia" special cds, Recibo datestamp of Barranquilla on back, slight bend in center at top, fine and rare usage, only six covers recorded with this franking Catalog #C8 | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
 | Lot #383 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 $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #384 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, written-up on album page, with positions of the sheet indicated, v.f. (San.12-16) (*) Catalog #YT PA10-13 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #385 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 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #386 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 Bogota, Nov.16, 1921 arrival datestamp, v.f., signed Alex Rendon (catalogue value for used off cover) Catalog #C18var Catalog Value $1,200 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #387 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 Bogota, Nov.16, 1921 arrival datestamp, v.f. (catalogue value for used off cover) Catalog #C18var Catalog Value $1,200 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #388 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 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #389 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 surcharged in black, type IV ("Vaolr 10 Centavos") error, 10c on 50c green, cancelled "Navegacion Aerea Neiva" and by oval "Sociedad Colombo Alemana Correos Aereos Girardot" on cover, used in combination with required government franking to Bogota, Nov.16, 1921 arrival datestamp, v.f. (YT PA24a) Catalog #C19var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #390 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 $450.00 |
 | Lot #391 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" (repeated on back) on cover, used with government franking to Bogota, with government franking cancelled by November 16, 1921 arrival datestamps, fine, signed Kessler, Alex West Catalog #C19var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #392 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 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #393 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 Bogota, fine, with arrival pmk (San.27) Catalog #C20 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #394 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 $1,850 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #395 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 $900.00 |
 | Lot #396 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-Debbie Friedman (catalogue value for used off cover) Catalog #C24 Catalog Value $1,450 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #397 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 #398 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 Bogota, 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 #399 COLOMBIA Air Post 1928 4c stationery entire additionally franked with 4c and used from "Paipa" to the Scadta Office in Bogota, 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 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #400 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 #401 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 $280.00 |
