U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
September 13-14, 2017
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #225 COLOMBIA 1853-54 two FLs, one from Santa Martha to France, various markings incl. boxed "Colonies d'Art", etc., the other from Barranquilla to New York, with "Ramon Sanchez" forwarding & "Steamship 20" hs, fine-v.f.  | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #226 COLOMBIA 1859 2 1/2c olive-green, block of four canceled "Honda/Franca" in oval, margins all around, minute flaws, otherwise v.f., scarce multiple, fewer than five used blocks of four recorded, ex-Hubbard  Catalog #1b | Unsold |
 | Lot #227 COLOMBIA 1859 1 1/2c olive green, 10c red-orange, stone A, used on small piece, in combination with second issue 10c yellow-buff, all with margins all around, "Call./Franca" blue oval handstamp ("Call" instead of "Cali" error). Illustrated on page 55 of Dieter Bortfeldt's "Colombia Philatelic Handbook and Catalogue" (apparently the only known three color combination franking of first and second issue) O Catalog #1b,4,11 | Unsold |
 | Lot #228 COLOMBIA 1859 two pieces, one 5c slate-violet, stone B, together with 10c, stone A, one side barely clipped, otherwise well margined, both tied to piece by "Cali." oval handstamp, the other 5c blue, stone A, touched at bottom, with 10c Stone A cut into at top, both tied by oval of Bogota O Catalog #2,3e,4 | Unsold |
 | Lot #229 COLOMBIA 1859 5c blue and 10c buff, both displaying large margins, tied to piece in manuscript "Nare Sete/18-1859" applied at Nare on 18 September (illustrated on page 4 of Dieter Bortfeldt's "Colombia 150 Anos del Primer Sello Postal", only a few stamps known used during the first month of issue) O Catalog #2,4 | Unsold |
 | Lot #230 COLOMBIA 1859 5c blue, stone B, vertical tete-beche pair, positions 30/41, very fresh displaying an excellent color which is infrequently rich, margins ranging from clear to wide, with traces of original gum. Seven inverted positions occurred in stone B. Couple of tiny surface scuffs on reverse, not detracting. A very rare variety, with 1960 Royal certificate, ex Newbury and Amundsen, * Catalog #2a Catalog Value $4,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #231 COLOMBIA 1859 10c orange-buff, stone B, used on piece together with 5c violet, stone A, both canceled by "Purification./Franca" O Catalog #3,4 | Unsold |
 | Lot #232 COLOMBIA 1859 10c orange-buff, selection of 13 well margined unused stamps from stones A (5) & B (7), mostly with gum. The group includes the tilted transfer located in position 11 (corner very slightly cut into at left) and one pair * Catalog #4,4b,4d,4e | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #233 COLOMBIA 1859 10c orange and 20c blue (two), used during the first days of issue with framed datestamp of Medellin, including the second day of issue, 2 September, 10 & 11 September (Bortfeldt certificate). Two adhesives with faint tiny thin. A very difficult group, with only about ten stamps off cover used during the first month of issue; the 2nd of September represents the earliest recorded date applied on an adhesive off cover, with this example being the title page illustration of Dieter Bortfeldt's "Colombia 150 Anos del Primer sello Postal 1859-2009" handbook O Catalog #4,6 | Unsold |
 | Lot #234 COLOMBIA 1859 5c rose lilac, stone A, in combination with 1859, 10c bister brown, stone A, fresh examples boasting ample to huge margins, both tied to piece by "Bogota" oval handstamp. Stamps lifted for examination and hinged back to place O Catalog #4b,10 | Unsold |
 | Lot #235 COLOMBIA 1860 5c grey lilac, stone B, combined with 1859 10c orange chestnut, stone B, both large margined, each showing "0" numeral handstamp and manuscript indistinct initial and "$" symbol. Two diagonal creases, one in margin, and minor soiling of no importance for this significant piece (illustrated on page 63 of Dieter Bortfeldt's "Colombia - Philatelic Handbook and Catalogue 1859-1860" O Catalog #4d,10 | Unsold |
 | Lot #236 COLOMBIA 1859 20c blue, stone B, selection of 14 stamps, including six unused with or without gum, plus seven canceled (one with unusual manuscript registration notations in angles, others "5" in red, "Socorro" in blue and black, Barranquilla, Bogota in blue, Cartagena, Rio Negro and Cali), minor faults noted, mostly fine, *O Catalog #6 Catalog Value $945 | Unsold |
 | Lot #237 COLOMBIA 1859 20c blue, stone B, two fine and large margined examples with red handstamps including "Chi-/Qquira/Franca" (even scarcer in red) and "Ybague/Franca". Tiny surface scuff on reverse, still though of superb appearance and visual impact, ex-Londono O Catalog #6 | Unsold |
 | Lot #238 COLOMBIA 1859 1p carmine, right sheet margin horizontal pair, intense shade, pen cross, marginal crease away from the stamp, scarce multiple, less than ten pairs recorded O Catalog #7 | Unsold |
 | Lot #239 COLOMBIA 1860 5c rose-lilac, stone A, four unused examples, with or without gum, three affected by minor blemishes, also a used copy with Bogota oval cancel, mostly fine, *O Catalog #9 Catalog Value $1,510 | Unsold |
 | Lot #240 COLOMBIA 1860 5c stone B, in combination with 10c yellow-buff on two fragments displaying bi-color frankings, one being 5c gray lilac (pos. 52), the other in brown lilac shade, pos. 36; both tied by "Bogota" eyeglass oval cancels O Catalog #10,11 | Unsold |
 | Lot #241 COLOMBIA 1860 20c light blue, stone A, vivid shade, together with 5c grey lilac, stone A, remarkably fresh, large margins for the most part, both tied to piece by "Barbacoas/Franca" oval handstamp. An exceedingly rare combination franking, even more desirable in this very fine state of preservation and showing this very scarce postmark, ex-Frohlich, with Bortfeldt certificate O Catalog #10,12 | Unsold |
 | Lot #242 COLOMBIA 1860 10c yellow buff, group of 10 unused stamps, with and without gum, including one pair and one marginal example, four with faults, others fine-v.f., *(*) Catalog #11 Catalog Value $850 | Unsold |
 | Lot #243 COLOMBIA 1860 10c yellow buff, stone A, upper right sheet corner margin single, position 10, unused, part original gum. A spectacular stamp, ex-Hubbard * Catalog #11 | Unsold |
 | Lot #244 COLOMBIA 1860 10c yellow buff, stone B, block of four, unused with original gum, positions 2-3 / 12-13, including position 12, which was the inverted position in the stone B and subsequently substituted in this second stone; also showing "20" instead of "10" below the shield in position 3, being a variety which had not been reported before 2013, and with at most only five examples recorded; (stated by the late Dieter Bortfeldt to be a retouch), ex-Goeggel, with Bortfeldt certificate *Catalog #11 | Unsold |
 | Lot #245 COLOMBIA 1860 10c yellow buff, stone A, top sheet margin block of eight, positions 6-9,16-19, unused with original gum, vertical fold between stamps, fine and rare multiple *Catalog #11 | Unsold |
 | Lot #246 COLOMBIA 1860 10c yellow buff, ample to large even margins, tied to piece by very fine strike of "Chi-/Qquira/Franca" (Chiquinquira) oval postmark in blue. One of the finest examples recorded of this scarce and visually appealing cancellation, ex-Larsen, Sander and Frohlich O Catalog #11 | Unsold |
 | Lot #247 COLOMBIA 1860 10c yellow buff, stone A, position 31, featuring diagonal dash (6mm) at lower left side, large equal margins, tied to cover to Ambalema by "Bogota" eye-glass oval handstamp, paying the single weight for a distance between 50 and 150km. Only about ten genuine covers recorded bearing this stamp, with Bortfeldt and Moorhouse certificates, ex-Goeggel Catalog #11 | Unsold |
 | Lot #248 COLOMBIA 1860 10c yellow-buff, stone A, left sheet margin tete-beche pair, positions 11-12, large margins, unused without gum as often, small thin spot, barely detracting from this spectacular marginal example, with 1977 Diena certificate, ex-Kaplan collection, (*) Catalog #11a Catalog Value $7,000 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #249 COLOMBIA 1860 20c blue, stone A, two copies, intense shade, tied on piece by Bogota oval cancel, rare franking O Catalog #12 | Unsold |
 | Lot #250 COLOMBIA 1861 10c blue, used on piece combined with 5c ochre, clear to large margins, each canceled by "0" numeral handstamp O Catalog #14a,16 | Unsold |
 | Lot #251 COLOMBIA 1861 10c blue, complete to large margins, showing four clean strikes of blue "0" numeral cancel, scarce O Catalog #16 | Unsold |
 | Lot #252 COLOMBIA 1861 10c blue, clear to mostly ample balanced margins, showing prominent plate flaws including three colored dots at right (two below the "A" of "Granada" and one below the "S" of "Nacionales"), additionally with small colored line at bottom left; canceled in manuscript at Chiquinquira. A scarce variety with an unusual cancellation O Catalog #16 | Unsold |
 | Lot #253 COLOMBIA 1861 10c blue, three stamps, each with margins all around, fresh and nice color, canceled on piece, each "Amba" in manuscript of Ambalema, rare franking, ex-Hubbard O Catalog #16 | Unsold |
 | Lot #254 COLOMBIA 1861 10c blue, two examples, mainly largely margined, one featuring colored dot between stars in oval, both showing "Honda/Franca" oval postmark in green, minor flaws, of little consequence for these very rare green cancels O Catalog #16 | Unsold |
 | Lot #255 COLOMBIA 1861 20c red, horizontal pair with margins ranging from ample to huge, used on piece with well margined 10c blue, applied slightly overlapping the pair, together exhibiting complete "Ambalema" pen cancel, apparently the only example recorded of this two-color franking O Catalog #16,17 | Unsold |
 | Lot #256 COLOMBIA 1861 20c red, two unused examples, with (one greasy gum spot) and without gum, fine, *(*) Catalog #17 Catalog Value $1,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #257 COLOMBIA 1861 20c red, wide to huge regular margins, showing "Manizales" manuscript cancel, vertical crease not detracting, impressive appearance, rare usage, Ex Sander O Catalog #17 | Unsold |
 | Lot #258 COLOMBIA 1861 20c red, intense shade and good margins, showing colorless line to the right of the shield, canceled by "0" numeral in blue, scarce variety O Catalog #17 | Unsold |
 | Lot #259 COLOMBIA 1861 1p rose lilac, two unused singles each with original gum, clear to wide margins, one without stop after "Granada", the other with colored spots in oval and above "U" of "Un Peso", tiny thin in one corner, otherwise fine, * Catalog #18 Catalog Value $2,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #260 COLOMBIA 1861 1p rose lilac, six examples showing manuscript usages from Barranquilla, Buga or Bucaramanga (?), Santander and Santa Marta, of which one features missing stop after "Peso"; all with good margins. Mostly with faint blemishes, not detracting from the good appearance O Catalog #18 | Unsold |
 | Lot #261 COLOMBIA 1861 10c blue, pair showing shifted alignment of transfers, with outer frame line just touched at top, large margins in other respects, intense good color, exhibiting remarkable colorless flaws in upper spandrels, being quite large in the right-hand adhesive, canceled at Bogota. The third largest multiple, of which only four are so far recorded, and this is further enhanced by the prominent flaws, ex-Goeggel O Catalog #19 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #262 COLOMBIA 1861 20c red, two examples used at Bogota, in different shades with large margins all around O Catalog #20 | Unsold |
 | Lot #263 COLOMBIA 1861 50c green, pair touched at bottom, otherwise good margins, manuscript Santander cancel, tiny scissors cut at bottom left, not detracting, used multiples are scarce O Catalog #21 | Unsold |
 | Lot #264 COLOMBIA 1861 50c green, two used examples, clear to mainly large margins, one being marginal and cancelled at Santander with ink, the other with double oval "Colon" handstamp in red, being rarely used on this issue, ex-Sanchez Vega O Catalog #21 | Unsold |
 | Lot #265 COLOMBIA 1862 50c red (instead 20c red), error of transfer, type I, clear to large margins, showing two strikes of blue "Medellin/Franca" oval handstamp, leaving the design quite clear and the error completely visible. Types I & II are to be found in the sheet of 20 centavos, and studies stated this error to occur more than once. A very rare and desirable variety, with 1970 Royal certificate, O Catalog #26b Catalog Value $5,500 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #266 COLOMBIA 1862 50c red instead of 20c red, error of transfer, type II, good balanced margins all around, featuring a very fresh impression, canceled by ink stroke leaving the error clear. Another example, this being a contrasting type II, of this prestigious, very rare and desirable variety, ex-Hubbard, O Catalog #26b Catalog Value $5,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #267 COLOMBIA 1862 10c blue on bluish paper, type III, large balanced margins on all four sides, canceled "Soata" in manuscript on single weight entire letter from Soata to Bogota, dated 16 February 1864. Two filing folds not affecting the adhesive. About ten covers are recorded exhibiting this single franking; this is to be considered of even greater importance as originating from this small locality Catalog #28 | Unsold |
 | Lot #268 COLOMBIA 1863 10c blue, type II, the remarkable block of 11 including one rejoined example at right, originating from the top of the sheet, probably positions 1-5, 8-12, showing part of "Velez" cancel in manuscript. Very small acidic ink erosion and two tiny tears, not detracting from its magnificent appearance. The largest used multiple of this 10c denomination Catalog #25 | Unsold |
 | Lot #269 COLOMBIA 1863 10c blue, type 10, wide to large margins, tied by Bogota oval handstamp on envelope to Neuville sur Saone (France), transferred for maritime carriage to the British P.O. with "Santa Martha" single circle datestamp (1.12.1864) on reverse, with London transit and arrival as accompanying backstamps. Front showing Anglo-French "GB/1F60c" accountancy marking and "8" decimes due marking. Tear on front skillfully patched and some soiling, not detracting from this, one of only four complete covers recorded in this issue addressed to a transatlantic destination, all being directed to France, ex-Wickersham, Londono and Sanchez Vega O Catalog #31 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #270 COLOMBIA 1863 10c blue, type I, ample even margins, faintly tied by indistinct red oval handstamp to cover addressed to Medellin. About 20 covers are recorded with this single franking, with 1961 BPA certificate, signed Enzo Diena, ex-Kaplan Catalog #31 | Unsold |
 | Lot #271 COLOMBIA 1863 1p brown violet, strip of three, types I-II-I, good margins all around, with original gum being slightly cracked in places. Minute thin spot at right and two horizontal pre-printing paper folds of no importance. According to our records, this is the only and largest mint multiple known of the highest denomination of the sixth issue; the fact that only six multiples are also recorded in used condition confirms the significance of this important item. With no covers recorded with this 1 peso, this is the most important item of this value, and one of the most significant in this issue * Catalog #34 | Unsold |
 | Lot #272 COLOMBIA 1941-53 large die proofs, selection of 11 mostly different, incl. Antonio Jose de Sucre, Murillo Toro and Map, two dies incl. unfinished design, 10p Ospino, etc., generally fine-v.f. P | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
