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Bolivia Stamps and Postal History continued...

19TH CENTURY COLLECTIONS AND LARGE LOTS continued...

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Lot Description

CV or Estimate

2161

1878 Book of Law issue on revenue documents, small lot of six documents all being on 20c revenue stamped paper with additional adhesives of this postal issue which was valid for fiscal use but was used much less than the previous issues making such documents much scarcer, includes such interesting items as one with all four values on the same document including two 50c and three 5c, two others have two of the 50c value as well and another document with mixed issues of 5c Ultramarine and a 1868 5c Black Justice revenue (latter not tied but appears proper), documents are attractive, fine-very fine and scarce.

Est. $400-500

SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction

2162

1887 Eleven Star rouletted postal history collection, written up on exhibition pages and includes seven covers with adhesives of this issue, three of which have mixed issue frankings with the 20c Green Book of Law issue, another fourteen are postal cards or envelopes of this same design with additional rouletted adhesives, we note some very attractive frankings including an 1889 registered cover to Paris with two 20c Book of Law singles and 5c Blue and 10c Orange rouletted, also a registered 1890 cover to Bale, Switzerland with 1c Carmine and 10c Orange rouletted on a 10c Orange postal envelope, most of the others with adhesives are foreign mail covers as well paying various rates to various locations in Europe and the Americas, the collection also includes over 40 5c Blue and 10c Orange postal cards or envelopes without adhesives being the postal stationery of the same design and issued at the same time, includes a wide range of domestic and foreign usages, some cards have views on the front, condition is generally clean and fresh, most fine-very fine; examination will reveal many attractive and desirable items.

Est. $1,000-1,500

SOLD for $3,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

2163

1890-93 Nine Star important postal history collection, which includes the later lithographed set as well as the re-issued engraved issue, all are nicely mounted and written up on pages and includes a number of attractive and desirable covers gracing these pages, there are 43 covers and postal stationery items with additional adhesives of the engraved issue, of special significance are the higher value covers such as a 20c Dark green pair on 1892 registered to Hartford, Connecticut, plus several 20c bisect usages, two large registered covers are impressive, one has a four-color franking to Fribourg, Switzerland, the other is a return receipt registered cover with 20c Dark green, 50c Red and 100c Yellow singles in a beautiful three-color franking of exceptionally high value to Paris, a multitude of other attractive covers abound, also eighteen covers with the less used lithographed series including a 10c Orange vertical pair imperforate between in a proper commercial usage to Peru, finally there are 29 used postal cards and envelopes of this Nine Star design that were issued at the same time, includes nice domestic and foreign uses, a few faults are present but the vast majority are fine-very fine; this lot deserves careful viewing to appreciate the many lovely items here.

Est. $2,000-3,000

SOLD for $8,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

2164

1893-1900 Essay collection for unissued designs at the end of the 19th century, includes 23 die proofs by Seebeck of the Hamilton Bank Note Co. for an Allegorical Figure issue as well as some incomplete designs for an Eleven Star issue, also includes a sample card of the Hamilton Bank Note Company, another group is a total of 25 die proofs produced by the South American Bank Note Co. in Buenos Aires for a 1900 General Sucre issue, twelve of these are die sunk proofs on cards, two basic designs are present, one for a 5c low denomination and one for a 1B high value, all in various colors, exceptionally attractive and very fine. (Image)

Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $2,800.00
Will close during Public Auction

2165

1893 Postal revenue cover collection of 24 covers used in the late 19th century with revenue stamps paying postal duty, Bolivia often used interchangeably its postage stamps and revenue stamps for the opposite purpose that they were intended, in 1893 the government sanctioned the use of revenues to be used as postage, issues that were used included the 1883 "Transaccions" series, this collection has nine covers of various values, the 1890 1c and 2c Rouletted series was overprinted "Timbre" for fiscal use in 1890, those stamps also became available for use in 1893 and includes eight covers with some very attractive frankings in conjunction with other postal values, finally there are seven covers with provisional overprints applied to earlier revenues that could then be used for postage, all are fine-very fine; an interesting and scarce collection of these issues that are not listed in the catalogs even as postal fiscals.

Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $4,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

2166

40-46

#40-46, 1894 1c-100c Coat of Arms specialized collection/accumulation in two large deluxe custom albums plus loose large pages for full sheets, a magnificent assemblage of this issue that was originally and legitimately printed in London and then was surreptitiously printed in Paris on thicker paper, an excellent selection of the properly issued stamps with multiples including a block of ten and other multiples of the 100c Brown red up to full sheets of some of the lower values, this study shows proper postal cancels that were used on the series as well as some remainder cancels, of significance are over 40 properly used covers and postal stationery items, mostly with additional adhesives, we note some attractive usages going to Europe and other better usages such as registered, postage due, etc., we even note a cover or two with the thick paper Paris printings properly used from a small shipment that was sent to Bolivia by mistake, the Paris printing is represented by numerous examples mounted including imperforates as well as full sheets, most of these have the bars cancel that was placed on these and was not of proper postal origin, condition varies, most mint of the properly issued stamps have o.g. with n.h. present within the blocks, the vast majority are fine-very fine; a wonderful assemblage of material for the student who wishes to study and exhibit this issue.

Est. $1,500-2,000

SOLD for $4,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

2167

1894 Coat of Arms extensive postal history collection, featuring usages of both the legitimate London printings, as well as the small illegitimate printings of Paris that were sent by mistake to Bolivia and were put into use, includes over 45 covers with various London issues on cover and on postal stationery of the same design, there are some lovely frankings on registered receipt requested covers, we note an attractive four-color franking to Belgium with pairs of two of the values, plus a three-color franking with 2c, 10c and 20c values to Paris, also a scarce three-color franking on a postal envelope to Mexico, a very uncommon destination even in this period, the Paris printing can be told by the thick paper that they are printed on, eighteen covers are present which includes a pretty registered A.R. cover to New York with a 5c Green single and a pair of the 10c Yellow brown, there is also a very rare mixed issue 11c rate cover to France with 1c Bister London printing and a pair of the 5c Green Paris printings, all Paris printing covers are much scarcer than the London printings but mixed usages are seldom seen, the collection concludes with 60 used items of postal stationery of the same design with no additional adhesives doing various domestic and foreign usages with a nice range of markings, condition varies but overall most covers are attractive and fine-very fine; a wonderful collection of scarce postal history and ideal for specialization in this issue.

Est. $2,000-3,000

SOLD for $8,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

2168

1897 Portrait series postal history collection of 57 covers mounted on well written up pages, this issue is popular and impressive because of the large size of the stamps, includes a lovely range of frankings including values regularly used up to the 20c value, there are a number of bisects of various stamps to make specific rates, there is also a legitimate 2B Red, yellow, green and black single franking on a large registered linen cover to Hamburg, this scarce value is also found on a document with other revenues doing fiscal service, plus there is a philatelic cover used at La Paz with 1c-1B values complete (the only recorded example) but with a Fournier forgery for the 2B, a most unusual cover, condition varies but most are fine-very fine and well worth examining.

Est. $1,500-2,000

SOLD for $5,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

2169

1899 Estado Federal "EF/1899" overprint specialized study of stamps and covers, includes mint and used complete plus mint blocks of four and nine of the 1c Yellow bister and 5c Green respectively, plus a gorgeous registered 1899 cover with 20c Blue pair and additional 1c Pale yellow green pair of the 1897 Portrait series to Catania, Italy, stamps are not well tied but proper to the cover and signed by A. Rendon, also a large domestic cover with a 10c strip of three tied by La Paz boxed handstamp, the collection is rounded out with over 35 forged overprints explaining the differences from the genuine and a wonderful reference, also mint and used postal cards with large Estado Federal arms handstamp, condition is attractive and fine-very fine; a very interesting collection of this issue that is far rarer than the modest catalog values of the stamps imply; accompanied by a 1966 PF certificate. (Image)

Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $2,600.00
Will close during Public Auction

2170

1899 General Antonio Jose de Sucre postal history collection, attractive assemblage of this last 19th century issue consisting of 45 covers written up on pages, excellent selection of frankings, mostly with just this issue but some mixed with values of other sets, many are foreign postings to Europe as well as the United States and domestic, there are bisects of several values and usages on postal stationery, fine-very fine and interesting cover collection.

Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

2171

10/23

Nineteenth century stamp specialized collection consisting of the 1867-78 first three issues after the Condors that were produced by the American Bank Note Company, plus the 1868 Revenue issue that was produced concurrently, which was valid for postage just as the postal issues were valid for fiscal use, attractively written up on exhibition pages and housed in a deluxe padded custom album, there is an extensive study of each issue which starts with proof impressions, these are largely plate proofs and trial colors on cards or India for each set with over 65 present, plus a couple of large die proofs of the 5c and 10c Book of Law series and several file card proofs of the American Bank Note Co., the stamps are collected mint and used and comprises all values including the scarce high values such as an unused Nine Star 500c Black and five used singles plus an unused example of the rare Eleven Star 500c Black, mint and used multiples are present, some sizable, plus there is an excellent collection of used after each series showing the different cancels that are found on the issue, interspersed is collateral including forgeries, we note two Sperati die proofs and three of his forgeries as well as other old-time productions, this collection is exceptionally attractive and comprehensive, mint stamps usually have o.g., overall fine-very fine; a very valuable collection with the listed stamps cataloging many thousands of dollars and a significant portion of the collection is material that is not listed; a collection that warrants careful examination.

Est. $4,000-5,000

SOLD for $9,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

2172

Late Nineteenth century stamp specialized collection encompassing the issues from the 1887 Re-issue of Eleven Star and 1890-93 Nine Star issues, including the scarcer lithographed set, to the 1899 General Antonio Jose de Sucre series, all neatly mounted on pages and housed in deluxe custom albums, each issue is well documented starting with die proofs and essays and including plate proofs and trial colors, in total we note well over 100 plate proofs and stamp size trial colors in singles and various multiples, plus there are 30 die proofs or essays of the American Bank Note Company, mostly die sunk on cards, the 1899 General Sucre issue is particularly strong in these, with fifteen die proofs sunk on card in both large and smaller size formats, each issue of stamps shows mint in singles and various multiples plus any varieties that are available, the colorful and attractive 1897 Portraits issue has many nice mint multiples with some quite large, the 1893 Lithographed issue is very strong in pairs and blocks with many showing the imperforate between varieties with all values present and including several nice imperforate between varieties of the scarce 20c Dark Green, this lithographed issue is actually one of the most valuable sets with many mint and use high values and interesting items, used stamps are represented by both a set including some multiples and then with all the different cancels the collector could obtain for each value within each set, in addition to the normal postal issues there is also a collection of the 1890 issue overprinted "Timbre" for revenue, but which were also a little later valid for postage, plus 1892 postal fiscals and 1894 "Transacciones" revenues, all of these are collected the same as the postal issues including some proofs, there are literally thousands of mint and used stamps in this collection with excellent value found throughout, condition is attractive, most mint has o.g. with n.h. found on some, especially in the multiples, overall fine-very fine; a marvelous collection of this interesting period of Bolivia.

Est. $4,000-5,000

SOLD for $12,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

20TH CENTURY ABNC ARCHIVES COLLECTION

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2173

1901/1913 Famous Men American Bank Note Co. essay collection of the original designer's models, includes four different values of the 1901 complete except for the 1c and 10c but including two different of the 2B Arms, plus the 1c, 8c and 50c for the 1913 issue, each is a watercolor artist's rendition of the frame in stamp size with a photo of the central vignette pasted on, some of the designs are very nearly as were issued, others are unaccepted designs, also includes four signed die proofs for approval or as officially approved, plus eight original pieces of art work for the portraits, most being 19th century sepia tone photographs including cabinet cards, condition varies with some soiling as all of this was working material of the American Bank Note Co. and not for presentation, fine-very fine for this and very rare with a number of unique items. (Image)

Est. $500-750

SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction

1911 20c ON 2c PROVISIONAL

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2174

#97, 1911 "20 Cents/1911" Villa Bella provisional surcharge on 2c Green and black, a magnificent example of this rare stamp being wonderfully well centered within extra-large uniform margins, necessary target in same blue green ink of the surcharge that all genuine examples must have, as well as portions of purple Porto Velho c.d.s., a transit marking that cancelled some examples of this provisional when on a cover, extremely fine and especially rare in this choice quality; signed H. Bloch and accompanied by a 1970 RPS certificate. (Image)

Est. $500-750

SOLD for $1,050.00
Will close during Public Auction

2175

#97, 1911 "20 Cents/1911" Villa Bella provisional surcharge on 2c Green and black, another well centered example of this rare provisional, the overprint is strong and clear, plus light blue green target, very fine and rare; signed A. Rendon and accompanied by his 1987 certificate. (Image)

Est. $400-500

SOLD for $625.00
Will close during Public Auction

2176

#97, 1911 "20 Cents/1911" Villa Bella provisional surcharge on 2c Green and black, an impressive and historically important 1911 linen cover to Hamburg, Germany with this rare provisional surcharge, the stamp is well centered and fresh, tied by a nice strike of the blue green target cancel with a star in the center, originally posted from Riberalta with faint company cachet of that town dated December 15, 1911, matching blue green double oval postmark of Villa Bella at bottom left, stamp is also tied by a neat purple "Porto Velho/(Amazonas)/26 Dez 1911" double-circle c.d.s., Amazonas (Para) transit on the reverse, a very fine and choice cover; this cover was the discovery copy of this provisional and was first reported by Senf in 1913 and was also responsible for the listing in Yvert; this has been reported as the only known cover, however another may exist, nevertheless an extraordinarily rare cover of historical importance. (Image)

Est. $2,000-3,000

SOLD for $4,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

1914 GUAQUI-LA PAZ RAILWAY UNISSUED SERIES

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2177

1914 Guaqui-La Paz Railway unissued series, a set of engraved stamps was prepared in Belgium by recess engraving apparently authorized to finance the the start of construction of the railroad, but the post office rejected the issue when it as established that some of the stamps were previously sold in Europe, a specialized collection of this issue on pages, collection starts with a die essay of the frame without value and the separately engraved vignette for the 10c value, it then includes nine different perforated color essays with this frame and vignette without value, eight individual die proofs complete except for the 50c value, plate proofs complete in imperforate vertical pairs, plus the set as it would have been issued in singles and blocks of four plus some part sheets of three different values, the collection concludes with lithographed solid bordered facsimiles of the set that have been called forgeries but they weren't designed to fool anybody, o.g. where so prepared, very fine; an interesting collection with some very rare proof material. (Image)

Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction

1917 10c ON 1c COBIJA PROVISIONAL

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2178

102

#102, 1917 "Correos /10 Cts./1917' on 1c Blue Cobija provisional surcharge, Ty. I, an amazing and unique mint example of this very rare issue of which only 1,000 stamps were surcharged, fresh with large part o.g., attractive fine centering; what is amazing about an uncancelled example is that it is believed that even stamps that were not used on covers were canceled by the large Cobija c.d.s. being applied in the center of a block of four and on the reverse as a control, this has neither and how this escaped is not known, but it is clearly genuine and without cancel; a marvelous rarity of this extremely rare provisional stamp; double signed A. Roig and accompanied by 1967 Friedl and Alex Rendon certificates. (Image)

Est. $2,000-3,000

SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction

2179

102

#102, 1917 "Correos /10 Cts./1917' on 1c Blue Cobija provisional surcharge in carmine, Ty. I, used single being quite well centered, fresh with strong bright colors of both the stamp and surcharge, portion of the black violet Cobija c.d.s. and a similar strike on the reverse as a control, very fine. (Image)

Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $950.00
Will close during Public Auction

2180

102

#102, 1917 "Correos /10 Cts./1917' on 1c Blue Cobija provisional surcharge in camine, Ty. I, another example of this rare provisional, well centered, portions of two Cobija violet cancels on the front and portions of two of the same cancel as a control on the reverse, small faint age stains at bottom left, otherwise very fine and rare. (Image)

Est. $500-750

SOLD for $625.00
Will close during Public Auction