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CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

2201

Sieger #60D var.

Sieger #60D var., 1930 Pan-American Flight, an amazing special franking cover for the flight to Lakehurst with all three Zeppelin stamps and the special Air School air post overprinted set of six complete with inverted overprints, overprinted with ordinary ink, neatly positioned on the cover and all tied by "Correos de Bolivia/Correo Aereo/La Paz/14 Mayo 30" c.d.s., both black Bolivian flight cachets, backstamped Lakehurst, very fine; full set covers are sometimes found with one or two of the the overprinted varieties, either color varieties or inverted or double overprints, but to have all six stamps with inverted overprints is highly unusual and extremely rare, we cannot remember seeing another cover so franked. (Image)

Est. $2,000-3,000

SOLD for $3,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

2202

Sieger #60D var.

Sieger #60D var., 1930 Pan-American Flight, another exceptionally rare special franking cover for the flight to Lakehurst with all three Zeppelin stamps with inverted surcharges plus the special Air School air post overprinted set of six complete, printed with ordinary ink, all tied by "Correos de Bolivia/Correo Aereo/La Paz/14 Mayo 30" c.d.s., both black Bolivian flight cachets, backstamped Lakehurst, very fine; the covers to the United States are considerably scarcer than those to Friedrichshafen and this example is especially so with this impressive error franking of the inverted Zeppelin surcharges. (Image)

Est. $1,500-2,000

SOLD for $2,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

2203

Sieger 60D var.

Sieger #60D var., 1930 Pan-American Flight, an especially attractive special franking cover for the flight to Germany with only the 3B Zeppelin stamps but including the special Air School air post overprinted set of six complete, this rare cover has the 5c on 10c, overprinted with metallic ink and the 50c has the rare red overprint, all tied by "Correos de Bolivia/Correo Aereo/La Paz/14 Mayo 30" c.d.s., both black Bolivian flight cachets and violet American flight cachet, backstamped Friedrichshafen with the scarce wavy line machine backstamp, few wrinkles to cover not affecting the stamps, very fine; quite unusual to not have the complete set of the Zeppelin set when the entire Aviation School set is present, but the varieties of that set make this a very rare cover. (Image)

Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $1,800.00
Will close during Public Auction

2204

Sieger #60A-C

Sieger #60A-C, 1930 Pan-American Flight collection of ten covers and cards, includes three covers to the United States with either a pair of the 1.50B on 15c or 3B on 20c Zeppelin surcharges, four covers and two cards to Germany with similar Zeppelin franking, the two cards each have a 5c on 10c Aviation School surcharge with metallic ink, the tenth cover is a very rare cover to Spain of which only 22 items were posted from Bolivia and only seven of those were covers, in addition this has a 5c on 10c and 50c Aviation School inverted overprints, the 5c being printed with metallic ink, this rare cover is heavily glue stained from having been mounted on another cover but this has not affected the two error stamps, the others covers all have the appropriate markings and cachets, fine-very fine.

Est. $1,000-1,500

SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction

2205

C27-34

#C27-34, 1930 5c-3B Lithographed Air Post specialized collection of the proofs, essays and issued stamps, this is a marvelous study of the production of this lithographed series by Perkins, Bacon & Co., all mounted and written up on pages, the collection starts with several of the unique essays for this issue including an artist's pencil sketch of the 50c and a watercolor artist's drawing in blue of the 3B, both similar but slightly different from the issued design, then the accepted artist's drawing in carmine of the 15c and the 3B in blue, each matted and with the approval signature and handstamp of the Consulate General of Bolivia in London, these two values became the prototypes for the two designs that were used in all the values, includes five reverse engraved die proofs of these two values, then four lithographed impressions of each of the two values were widely spaced on a proof sheetlet of eight, two full sheets in carmine and blue are present plus 22 individual impressions taken from these sheets in various colors, the collection concludes with the issued stamps in mint and used singles, mint blocks of four, mint imperforate corner singles and vertical pairs, there is also detailed descriptions of the three transfer types and their position on the plate for all eight values, o.g. or used, very fine and a perfect exhibition of the production of this issue with many rare and unique items; 27 pages in all but sixteen pages could be easily sorted out to show all the important elements in a one frame exhibit. (Image)

Est. $1,500-2,000

SOLD for $2,900.00
Will close during Public Auction

2206

1933 "Habilitada/Correo Aereo/30cvs/Platanillos" provisional red surcharge on 5c Green, surcharge reading from top down, this provisional was used for a very short time at the Bolivian fort of Fortin Platanillos, fresh bright color, o.g., n.h., very fine; another rare provisional surcharge analogous to regular issues of Villa Bella and Cobija but not listed in Scott; a rare and seldom seen stamp. (Image)

Est. $400-500

SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

2207

1933 "Habilitada/Correo Aereo/30cvs/Platanillos" provisional red surcharge on 5c Green, a used example of this provisional reading from bottom up, remarkably well centered, brilliant color on bright paper, tied to piece by oval postmark of Gran Chaco-villamontes of November 7th, this being the normal cancel found on this issue, extremely fine and rare. (Image)

Est. $400-500

SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction

2208

Air post mint and used collection of several hundred for the issues from 1923 to 1935, mostly written up on pages and starting with a mint set of the SCADTA air posts overprinted with "Bo" handstamp, these were available at the Colombian consulate for interior mail into Colombia, interestingly no covers are known with these stamps from Bolivia, the first issue Aviation School issue has a set of "Muestra" (specimen) overprints plus singles and numerous multiples including sheets of 25 or 50 of the 50c-5B values, we also note an unused and used air post Platanillos provisional (unlisted in Scott), the 1935 Map issue is quite specialized including some photo essays, die proofs of American Bank Note Company on file cards complete including the master die without value, plus plate proofs on card and invalidated specimen blocks of four with punch holes, quality is excellent throughout, o.g. or used, fine-very fine.

Est. $1,000-1,500

SOLD for $4,750.00
Will close during Public Auction

2209

Air post substantial early postal history collection of 147 covers from the period of 1923-37, housed in three albums and well written up on exhibition pages, of considerable significance are the early covers of 1925-27 which include 22 covers, all are flown and some are first flight covers, we note for example the special flight of October 21, 1925 form Sucre to Cochabamba that had a four line cachet "Correo Aereo,Sucre/Cochabamba /21 Obre. 1926" applied to each stamp on the cover like an overprint, three different frankings are present including a postal envelope and it is recorded that only fourteen covers were flown, another rare item we note includes the November 13, 1926 flight of Potosi to Cochabamba that has a special green cachet on photocard, it is believed that only eight such cards are known, plus others that seem very unpretentious but are actually quite desirable, in the 1930's international covers start to appear involving the Condor company and other international air companies, there are a total of sixteen covers carried on the 1932 flights of the Graf Zeppelin, condition is overall clean and attractive with most fine-very fine or better; a most interesting collection for study as not a great deal is published on the early air post history of this country and examination will reveal some rare and elusive items.

Est. $2,000-3,000

SOLD for $7,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

2210

Modern air post extensive collection neatly mounted on pages and housed in eleven deluxe custom albums, this attractive collection starts with the 1937 surcharges and is very comprehensive up to 1976 when Bolivia stopped issuing air mail stamps, the collection follows the pattern of collecting the stamps in mint singles and blocks of four, used singles and sometimes blocks of four, plus all the varieties of both stamps and overprints that could be found, including some that are not even listed by the specialized Bolivian catalogs, plus any proof material that he was able to acquire, finally the collector then included the stamps used on cover, in the more modern period of this collection this may include some first day covers but his general intention was to get legitimate usages that reflected the purpose of the stamp, the collection includes over 250 covers, the most significant value is in the earlier issues and particularly in the varieties including imperforate and part perforated pairs and blocks of four, the surcharged and overprinted values also have inverted, double overprints and other varieties that can be quite elusive, plus we note some interesting proofs, especially in the 1943 Waterlow & Sons issue of the Centenary of the Department of Beni, included are unique black file proofs of the master frame and vignette and then the frames of the five different values, these are all working proofs cut to slightly larger than stamp size and with ink file numbers, some have stains and soiling, one with fault at right, also including "Specimen" die proofs and singles plus blocks of plate proofs with and without vignette with invalidation punch hole, all making for a very nice display of this attractive issue, overall the condition is clean and fresh as one would expect in this period, commercial covers may have some postal wear, stamps are o.g. or used, with some n.h. found periodically, especially in the multiples, fine-very fine; an excellent collection of Bolivian air mails attractively presented.

Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $3,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

POSTAL STATIONERY COLLECTIONS

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2211

1887-93 Postal stationery collection in two deluxe custom albums, composed of 60 items that are mostly postal cards or envelopes but with a few covers with adhesives of the period such as a pair of the 20c Dark green pair (#32) on attractive cove to Paris, many of the stationery items have additional adhesives and are foreign mail and/or registered uses, we note a wide range of town markings, there are even some cards with printed views on the front, includes a very few mint and favor cancelled item but the vast majority are legitimately used with a variety of additional adhesives of the 1887 to 1893 issues, fine-very fine.

Est. $1,000-1,500

SOLD for $3,750.00
Will close during Public Auction

2212

Postal stationery extensive collection used in the 20th century, well over 100 postally used postal cards, envelopes and newspaper wrappers, all neatly mounted on pages and housed in two deluxe custom albums, a lovely collection with additional adhesives used during the twentieth century period, this is quite proper for Bolivia as they issued very little postal stationery and virtually all of the postal cards were issued in the late 19th century but were used and sold out of the post offices well into the 20th century, this is aptly illustrated by the 1917 provisional surcharge that was placed on halves of the second issued reply card of 1890 which was still in stock, there are five legitimate usages of this rare card including a usage to Belgium with Belgium postage due, some of the early postal cards have views on the reverse, many are foreign usages to Europe and elsewhere with interesting additional franking, the envelopes are similarly collected with many interesting frankings and registered uses, and there is also a nice selection of the few different postal wrappers properly used including some with additional adhesives, finally there is and additional 45 1950 30c and 1.50B mint surcharged cards with different views on the reverse, condition varies as would be expected on this voluminous collection but most are attractive and fine-very fine; a nice collection of material that is not at all common.

Est. $2,000-3,000

SOLD for $4,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

VARIOUS COLLECTIONS AND LARGE LOTS

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2213

Nineteenth century stamp accumulation of several hundred largely mint on stock pages and album pages, consists primarily of material from the 1887 to the turn of the century, but includes an envelope with some modern material and we note a couple of album pages with five unused singles of the 1868 500c Black Nine Star issue and two unused of the similarly rare 1869 500c Black Eleven Star issue from an earlier period, some minor faults are present, in the late 19th century issues we note better values of the 1893 lithographed Nine Star issue with pairs showing perforation varieties, such as imperforate between, there are also many multiples of the 1897 and 1899 issues, including a plating study of the 2B Red, yellow, green and black high value with a total of 49 stamps in various multiples up to a block of twelve that make up 41 of the 50 positions, plus a Fournier forgery block 27 (9x3) of this same stamp, which is excellent reference as his reproduction can be quite deceptive, there are partial plate reconstructions of a couple other values of this issue including the 1B blue and a 1899 1B Gray violet high value sheet of 100, lots of other material too numerous to list, condition is mixed but a very large portion is o.g. or used with never hinged present especially in the multiples; examination is necessary to fully appreciate this lot.

Est. $1,500-2,000

SOLD for $5,250.00
Will close during Public Auction

2214

Proof and specimen voluminous accumulation, of largely proofs and specimens from the American Bank Note Co. archives, the exceptions to that are a set of bottom imperforate blocks of 20 of the 1943 Centenary of the Department of Beni bicolor air posts produced by Waterlow and Sons, a set of each with and without the black vignette with approval notes and corrections in the margin, also six sheets from the Madagascar specimen album with stamps an postal stationery of the early 20th century all cancelled by the red Madagascar seal, the American Bank Note Co. material includes 59 file cards with cut down die proofs or plate proofs of the various issues that they produced for Bolivia starting as early as the 1868 Nine Star, Eleven Star and Justice revenues that were valid for postage, these cards go to the 1920's and include some specimen postal stationary affixed to the cards as well, another large group of material is about 75 sheets or large portions of sheets of stamps with various "Specimen" overprints, includes early issues starting with the 1887-90 Nine and Eleven Star issues with a large overprint that is applied to each pair, later issues of the first fifteen years of the 20th century have "Specimen" on each stamp and a punch hole to invalidate, some duplication is present, other proof material is present including die proofs, we note some uncut sheets of postal stationery, etc., condition varies but overall fine-very fine; a substantial accumulation with a lot of interesting and useful material that is well worth examining.

Est. $2,000-3,000

SOLD for $6,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

2215

Postal history small accumulation of well over 100 covers and used postal stationery from the late 19th century and early 20th century period, over half are postal cards or envelopes including some with additional adhesives, includes a wide range of usages with both domestic and foreign postings present with a number of items going to various European countries as well as other South American countries, we note registered covers and some bisect usages, also includes some cover fronts and mint postal stationery not counted, condition mixed but many fine-very fine and examination will reveal some very desirable items.

Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $2,900.00
Will close during Public Auction

2216

PSO

Revenue and non-postal interesting accumulation of unmounted material, includes one album with used and unused revenue stamp paper documents that starts as early as the colonial period and has some scarce early items, there is some late 19th century and early stamp period mint stamps including proofs on pages as well as some used on documents, later period loose material is largely stamps and stamped paper produced by the American Bank Note Co. including proofs and specimens as well as some of the issued stamps, some of the types of things we note are over 35 file cards of the American Bank Note Co. most with die or plate proofs affixed, though some have specimens of the issued stamp, also a couple of large die proofs, sixteen imprinted sheets of stamped paper from around the turn of the century with "Specimen" overprints of various types and punch hole invalidation, also seven different telegraph sheets of 100 with "Specimen" overprints and punch holes, we even note a couple of revenue documents with rouletted Eleven Star stamps handstamped "Timbre" for fiscal usage, condition varies but there is much useful material here that is fine-very fine, examine.

Est. $1,500-2,000

SOLD for $6,000.00
Will close during Public Auction