U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
December 19-20, 2017

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #368
COLOMBIA
1859 5c blue, stone B, vertical tete-beche pair, positions 30/41, unused with traces of original gum, excellent color and very fresh, ample margins all around, couple of inconsequential and not detracting tiny adhesions and scuffs on back, fine and very rare classic tete-beche variety (only seven inverted positions occurred in stone B), with 1960 Royal certificate, ex Newbury and Amundsen,
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Catalog #2a
Catalog Value $4,500
Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #369
COLOMBIA
1859 5c blue, pos.34, Stone B, left sheet margin example, tied by black manuscript cancel on outer 1860 (26 June) FL from Cucuta to Maracaibo, Venezuela, filing fold away from the stamp, v.f. An exceptional showpiece item, signed Buhler, with 2008 Moorhouse certificate
Envelope
Catalog #2var
Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #370
COLOMBIA
1859 5c gray lilac and 10c orange red, both with full margins all around, tied by oval "Cartagena Franca" cancel on 1860 (June 10) FL to Mompos, with "15c" manuscript endorsement at upper left, filing folds away from the stamps, v.f. and rare piece of classic Colombian postal history, signed Diena, with 2008 Moorhouse certificate, ex-Londono
Envelope
Catalog #3-4
Price Realized
$4,750.00

Lot #371
COLOMBIA
1859 FL to Quito, Ecuador, franked with 10c orange red, full margins to just touching at bottom, tied by faint "Pasto.de.Oficio" cancel, filing fold well away from the stamp, fine. The contents of the letter date it to November/December 1859. A major South American rarity, as this is the only recorded First Issue usage to Ecuador, with 2008 Moorhouse certificate
Envelope
Catalog #4var
Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #372
COLOMBIA
1859 10c ocher (shade), margins all around including adjoining stamp at right, tied by faint "S.Jose.de Cucuta.Franca" cancel on (Dec. 6) outer FL from Cucuta to Maracaibo, Venezuela, filing fold away from the stamp, v.f., with 2008 Moorhouse certificate
Envelope
Catalog #4var
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #373
COLOMBIA
1859 10c dull orange (shade), margins all around, tied by neat "La Mesa" manuscript cancel on outer FL to Bogota, filing fold and some staining away from the stamp, otherwise v.f., one of only three known covers from this correspondence, with 2008 Moorhouse certificate
Envelope
Catalog #4var
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #374
COLOMBIA
1859 10c orange yellow, horizontal pair, full margins all around, tied by blue oval "Santa Marta Franca" cancel on outer FL (8 Oct) to Medellin, filing fold away from the stamp, v.f. and important classic rarity, as this is the only known 10c First Issue pair on cover, signed Muller, with 2008 Moorhouse certificate, ex-Neuberger & Hubbard
Envelope
Catalog #4var
Price Realized
$9,000.00

Lot #375
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
Box *
Catalog #11
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #376
COLOMBIA
1860 10c yellow, margins all around, tied by striking "Bogota" eye-glass cancel in black on FL (11 Oct) to Ambalema, filing fold away from the stamp and marginal fault at lower right well outside the design, otherwise v.f., with 2008 Moorhouse certificate, ex-Hubbard
Envelope
Catalog #11
Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #377
COLOMBIA
1860 10c yellow, large margins all around, tied by oval "La Mesa Franca" cancel on blue on 1861 (25 Feb) FL to Bogota, some inconsequential marginal toning, v.f. and rare Colombian postal history item, with 1965 BPA and 2008 Moorhouse certificates
Envelope
Catalog #11
Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #378
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
Envelope
Catalog #11
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #379
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 ("This can now be classified as one of the great items of classic Colombian Philately. Having checked a wide range of reference material available, we can state that no more that 3 stamps unused and in blocks exist")
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Catalog #11var
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #380
COLOMBIA
1860 (2 Sep) outer FL from Bogota to Ambalema, franked with 20c blue, three large margins including part of adjoining stamp at top, just touching at bottom, tied by oval Bogota eye-glass cancel, with red sender's cachet at upper left, filing fold away from the stamp, fine and rare cover, with 2008 Moorhouse certificate, ex-Hubbard
Envelope
Catalog #12
Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #381
COLOMBIA
1861 undated outer FL from Salinas to Bogota, franked with New Granada 5c pale yellow horizontal pair, margins all around, cancelled "Chita Franca" in black (Salinas and Chita are the same location), with sender's wax seal showing the origin (Salinas), filing folds and cover flaws away from the stamps, v.f., one of only four covers known from this correspondence and the only franked with pair of 5 cents and the remarkable "Chita" cancel, with 2008 Moorhouse certificate "acknowledged as one of the finest of the few known 'New Granada' covers", ex-Londono
Envelope
Catalog #14
Price Realized
$7,000.00

Lot #382
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, very rare and desirable variety, ex-Hubbard,
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Catalog #26b
Catalog Value $5,500
Price Realized
$1,800.00

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