COPAPHIL

COLOMBIA STAMPS

1 1 1859 2 ½c yellow green. sl thin, looks VF ms. “ALES” of Manizales cancel cat 87.50 PHOTO 15.00

2 3 1859 5c violet with Medellin rectangular receiving mark 12 Nov ???? cat $90.00 PHOTO 45.00

3 4 1859 10c red brown used “TOCAYMA FRANCA” cancel cat $62.50 PHOTO 40.00

4 4 1859 10c red brown used “TUQUERRES FRANCA” cancel cat $62.50 PHOTO 40.00

5 4 1859 10c reddish shade used partial “BUCARAMANGA FRANCA” cancel cat $62.50 PHOTO 40.00

6 4 1859 10c brown shade used red cancel BUENAVENTURA FRANCA cat $62.50 PHOTO 40.00

7 4a 1859 10c buff used blue “9" cancel cat $62.50 PHOTO 35.00

8 4a 1859 10c buff used “PALMIRA FRANCA” cancel cat $62.50 PHOTO 35.00

9 4a 1859 10c bright orange shade, blue “O” cancel cat $62.50 32.50

10 20 1862 20c red Bogota pearl cancel cat $550.00 PHOTO 300.00

11 21 1862 50c green VF Tunja ms. cancel cat $125.00 PHOTO 70.00

12 21 1862 50c green VF Bogota oval cancel cat $125.00 PHOTO 65.00

13 22 1862 1P lilac mint NG full margins sl thin at top. Nice copy of a scarce stamp cat 450.00 PHOTO 125.00

14 24a 1863 5c orange w/star after cent. F-VF Bogota pearl cancel cat $57.50 PHOTO 32.50

15 26a 1863 20c red w/star after cent. VF “CART(agena)” cancel cat $67.50 PHOTO 37.50

16 30a 1864 5c orange tete-beche pair used ms. cancel cat $325.00 PHOTO 225.00

17 lot 1864 5c orange and 20c red (Scott 30 & 32) with CALI FRANCA cancels cat $75.00 PHOTO 45.00

18 lot 1864 5c orange and 20c red (Scott 30 & 32) with PALMIRA FRANCA cancels cat $75.00 PHOTO 45.00

19 32 1864 20c red (Scott 32) red with BOGOTA pearl cancel cat $45.00 30.00

20 37a 1865 5c orange used ms. Guamo cancel cat 16.00 PHOTO 12.00

21 37a 1865 5c yellow orange used ms. Ambalema cancel cat $16.00 PHOTO 12.00

22 38 1865 10c violet used rare “socked on nose” SOATA FRANCA cancel 5.00

23 42 1865 50c green small numerals. Cut close MEDELLIN FRANCA cancel cat $42.50 PHOTO 14.00

24 45 1866 5c orange with PASTO ms. cancel cat $22.50 15.00

25 49 1866 1P rose red used ms. Cali cancel cat $25.00 PHOTO 14.00

26 51 1866 5P green used , cut close at bottom and thin, Medellin ms. cancel cat 175.00 PHOTO 15.00

27 62-62a 1870 5c orange or yellow (15) Barbacoas, Barranquilla, Bogota, Cartagena, Honda, Medellin &

Numeral “8" handstamps and ms. Cali, Buga, Manizales, Medellin, Popayan and Rio Negro and

Cipaquira Franca, Pamplona and Santa Marta Franca and 23 Jun 1876 CDS Cat 16.50+ 9.00

28 79 1877 10c black on rose. Medellin de Oficio cancel in red. cat 5.00

29 84 1879 1P pale red on laid paper. Block-4 with Medellin oval cancel cat $50.00+ 30.00

30 89 1879 25c green used VF Ocaña oval cancel cat $25.00 14.00

31 94 1881 10c brown on bluish. Mint LH block-4 Cat $35.00+ 17.00

32 lot 1886-1889 issues less 5P black plus Retardo and two registration stamps. Mint VF cat $63.00 30.00

33 lot 1892 set including retardo and registration stamps Mint VF including Scott 15oa, 153a, 154a-c,

and 157a but less 152 and 152a cat $91.15 45.00

34 149 1892 2c red. Three used copies, one with mute cancel, one 12 Apr 1892 and one 19 Jun 1892

This stamp is scarce used. The two dated examples prove it was issued before the rest of the

set which was issued 4 Jul 1892. Cat 97.50 45.00

35 149 1892 2c red. Mint block-6 NG cat 197.00 37.50

36 169 1899 Bolivar 1c black with control mark. Four unused copies. Cat $200.00 80.00

37 lot 1902 Medellin issue, Scott 257-265 + F16. Mint LH set cat $64.00 27.50

38 F7 1881 10c violet registration stamp with two strikes of ornamental Colon cancel. cat $40.00 27.50

COLOMBIA STATES - ANTIOQUIA

39 2 1868 5c green used Medellin ms. cancel, creased w/sl defect at top. APS Cert cat $325 PHOTO 130.00

40 3 1868 10c lilac w/illegible ms. cancel. Estudio 20 certificate. Cat $600.00 PHOTO 225.00

41 6 1869 5c Green Type I. 3 used with Medellin, Antioquia and Zaragoza ms. cancels 6.50

42 7 1869 5c Green Type II. 5 used with Rionegro, Manizales, Zea & Zaragoz ms. cancles and

SALAMINA FRANCA handstamp 8.00

43 9 1869 20c Brown. 3 used w/ Zaragoza ms., SALAMINA FRANCA handstamp & illegible handstamp 5.00

44 14 1872 10c Lilac. VF unused, no gum Cat 22.50 9.50

45 25 1875 5c Green Type I. Used w/Sopetran ms. cancel Cat $12.50 7.50

46 25 1875 5c Green Type I. Used with Anori ms. cancel. Sl thin at top, appears VF Cat $12.50 5.00

47 26 1875 5c Green Type II. Used w/Concepcion ms. cancel. Cat $12.50+ 7.50

48 27 1875 10c Lilac. Used w/Remedios ms. cancel. Cat $19.00+ 12.00

49 28 1878 10c violet on pelure paper. undecipherable ms. cancel. cat $675.00 PHOTO 400.00

50 32a 1882 5c green on pelure paper (2), Zea and Zaragoza ms. cancels. cat $25.00 each 27.50

51 32b 1882 5c green on laid paper. Used w/Yarumal ms. cancel cat $11.00 7.50

52 33a 1882 5c blue violet. Used w/Santa Liborina cancel. Scott $6.50+ 5.00

53 36a 1883 20c brown. Two used copies. Ms. Certificado and CERTIFICADO E.S. de A handstamp 6.00

54 42 1885 10c lilac. Minto O.G. Cat $9.00 5.00

55 43 1885 20c blue. Two copie, Jerico ms. cancel and YARUMAL handstamp Cat $8.00 5.00

56 69 1888 2½c typeset, black on yello. (Sope)tran ms. cancel. Cat $12.50+ 7.50

57 70 1888 5c typeset black on yellow. One unused, one w/oval REMEDIOS hs., one with ms. cancel 12.00

58 88 1890 20c typeset black on yellow. Two unused, one w/Manizales ms. and one w/illegible ms. 15.00

59 111 1896 1P blue & black. Used, centered to right. Cat $16.00 6.00

60 112 1896 1P rose red & black. Used VF. Cat $16.00 9.50

61 114 1896 2P green & black. Used VF. Cat $47.50 PHOTO 25.00

62 116 1896 5P purple & black. Used VF. Cat $62.50 PHOTO 35.00

63 1896 5P proof in orange, no center. Used w/Santo Domingo handstamp PHOTO 50.00

64 1896 5P proof in green, no center. Used w/Jerico handstamp PHOTO 50.00

COLOMBIA COLLECTION

65 1904 Gold Currency Issue. Specialized collection including mint imperf set, mint perf set

less the 1/2c and 1c. (Includes registration and A.R. stamps), 5c perf pair imperf between.

Used set imperf and used set perf less the registration and A.R. stamps.

Three Barranquilla bisected 10c used on pieces and one on cover

34 covers showing payment of various domestic and foreign rates.

These represent three decades of collecting and include 20 different town origins.

Photocopies will be furnished upon request. 1200.00

COLOMBIA LOT

66 11 stamps of 1864–1883 issues with Pasto ms. cancels including strip of 3 of 1868 1P type II 6.00

COLOMBIA COVERS

67 23 Nov 1808 cover from Pasto to Quito w/ contents (letter missing lower left corner) PHOTO 250.00

68 22 Jun 1859 folded letter PASTO DE OFICIO to Popayan 25.00

69 24 Aug 1859 folded letter PASTO FRANCA 1½ to Popayan 25.00

70 38 12 Jul 1865 folded letter with 1865 10c violet Pasto ms. cancel to Bogota PHOTO 200.00

71 107 Two covers to NY 13 Jun 1882 and 26 Mar 1883 from the Fortunato Jimenez correspondence

Later covers were mailed w/o stamps and have U.S. postage due. Both roughly opened 15.00

72 12 Aug 1888 cover 1883 2c x2 + 1886 1c and 5c and 1883 registration stamp Barrranquilla to

Colchester, England PHOTO 100.00

73 129 14 Jan 1889 printed matter cover w/1886 1c stamp Barranquilla to Colechester, England 50.00

74 131 27 Oct 1889 cover w/1886 10c stamp Sincelejo to London (Scarce origin) PHOTO 60.00

75 146 9 Jul 1892 cover w/1890 10c stamp Barranquilla to Kiel, Germany forwarded to Neumuhlen. 15.00

76 151 9 Jun 1895 cover w/1892 5c black, Buga to Bogota. Scarce domestic use. PHOTO 50.00

77 153 14 Dec 1895 cover w/1892 10c bistre on rose. Medellin to New York 15.00

78 153 9 Mar 1898 cover w/1892 10c bistre on rose. Neiva to Paris. Scarce origin. PHOTO 50.00

79 162 1899 1c orange on printed matter cover from Barranquilla to Nurnberg, Germany. Undated cancel 22.50

80 174 6 Mar 1900 Fearon cover w/pr of 1900 5c red provisional stamps. Cartagena to England 15.00

81 27 Jul 1912 cover w/1908 5c blue and 10c registrations stamp. Barranquilla to Naples via Paris 20.00

82 20 Nov 1915 registered cover from Cartagena to St. Louis with 1892 10c and 10c registration

stamp. Possibly demonetized stamps were used due to shortage caused by World War I 20.00

83 Sep 1919 registered cover w/ 1915 5c blue and 10c registration stamp. Barranquilla to Bordeaux

via New York 15.00

84 9 Feb 1922 airmail w/1920 3c green provisional and SCADTA 30c green. Barranquilla to Medellin 30.00

85 23 Mar 1922 airmail w/1920 3c green provisional and SCADTA 30c green. Medellin to Barranquilla 30.00

86 20 Mar 1923 cover w/1920 3c green provisional , Manizales to NY. Cover has SMP Manizales label 15.00

87 21 May 1923 airmail w/1917 10c black and pair of SCADTA 15c brown. On reverse the cover

has a label of the International Aero Exhibition, Gothenburg, Sweden 20 Jul 1923-12 Aug 1923 25.00

88 1927 cover w/1917 1c green and 1923 3c blue from United Fruit C. Santa Marta to

Baldwinsville NY. Stamps cancelled with New York Paquebot cancel 21 Jul 1927 15.00

89 400 29 Dec 1928 cover w/4c blue from United Fruit Co., Santa Marta to Raleigh NC

Cancelled by S.S. ZACAPA ship postmark 20.00

90 19 Jan 1929 cover w/1926 4c blue provisional Barranquilla to N. Farrisburg VT

Stamp cancelled by New York Paquebot cancel. ½c Barranquilla Defense Fund stamp tied. 20.00

91 400 2 Jul 1930 cover from Cali to New York w/1926 4c blue cancelled by New York Paquebot cancel 15.00

92 19 Oct 1940 cover w/1939 5c brown and ½c red postal tax Cartagena to New York.

cover has red handstamp “EL MEJOR SERVICIO AL MAS BAJO COSTO/HACE DE

CARTAGENA EL PRIMER PUERTO/MARITIMO Y FLUVIAL DE COLOMBIA” 10.00

The next ELEVEN lots, 93-103, are covers with various types of the “Use the Colombian Airmail”

markings, usually on the reverse. They have 8c postage and 30c SCADTA postage unless stated

93 9 Jul 1927 Bogota, B’quilla 13 Jul to Milan ITALY. Use the Colombia Airmail for ROME. Rare.

Envelope roughly opened 80.00

94 8 Mar 1926 Bogota to Hamburg. “Use the Airmail” HAMURG Steinstrasse 147. Strike rather

weak at base. 20.00

95 15 Mar 1926 Bogota to Zurich “Use the Airmail” BERNE. German version in black. Has green

Bogota Apartado Aereo label on front. 22.50

96 7 Jun 1926 Bogota to Berne. “Use the Airmail” BERNE. German version in mauve. Double rate

Letter Postage 12c, SCADTA postage 50c. 22.50

97 3 Oct 1929 Bogota to Berne. “Use the Airmail” BERNE. Bolivarian type in French. 22.50

98 6 Apr 1926 Bogota to Belgium. “Use the Airmail” BRUSSELS. First type 70 x 35 mm. Scarce 45.00

99 10 Sep 1927 Bogota to Brussels. “USE the Airmail” BRUSSELS second type 65 x 28 mm. Scarce 45.00

100 1925 & 1927 Bogota to Switzerland . “Use the Airmail” BERNE. German and French versions.

German version reads “10 days saved.” French version reads “18 days saved” Two covers 45.00

101 25 Jun 1930 Medellin to Amsterdam. “Use the Airmail” Bolivarian type with three agencies

Excellent strike of this scarce marking. 37.50

102 1923-1928 Three covers Bogota to France with 3 different versions of “Use the Airmail” PARIS.

1923 cover tatty, but scarce 60.00

103 Two 1932 covers with “CORREO AEREO MANCOMUN FLY YOUR MAIL IN COLOMBIA”

One to Houston TX with text in English, other to Paris w/8c stamp and text in French 20.00

104 12 Mar 1923 Cartagena to Barranquilla. 3c postage and 15c SCADTA postage. Neat cover 15.00

105 3 May 1923 Neiva to Girardot. 3c postage (6 x 1/2c on reverse) and 10c SCADTA postage

Slightly tatty, but uncommon 15.00

106 1926 Oct & Nov. Two covers from Medellin, one to Bucaramanga and one to Brazil with

Airmail timetables to the Coast and to Bogota on the reverse. 37.50

107 Jan 1928. Pair of covers, one from Medellin/other from Barranquilla sent to Bogota. Covers have

handstamp “ATENCION/Verano y mas Verano/se interrompe el trafico fluvial/Recuerde los

perjuicios del verano pasado/Envie siempre su correspondencia por el Correo Aereo” on

reverse in red. Since both have same handstamp it was probably applied in Bogota. 37.50

108 20 Sep 1932 registered airmail cover Bogota to Honda with 1932 5c brown and 8c blue,

1932 carmine and olive and same with “R” overprint. Scott 413-414, C100 & CF5 6.50

COLOMBIA - FIRST FLIGHT COVERS

109 12 Aug 1925. First airmail Colombia to C.Z. SCADTA label on reverse with postmarks of

Cristobal and Ancon 55.00

COLOMBIA - FORGERY AND REPRINT LOTS

110 1861 Issue. 30 forgeries with various fake cancels plus Sperati reproduction of 1Peso stamp 35.00

111 1862 Issue. 10c (2), 20c (5,including strip-3), 50c (2), 1 Peso (6) 25.00

112 1863 Issue. 4 sets of 5 values, plus 5 forgeries of the 50c red and one of a 20c green, Many different 32.50

113 1864 Issue. Two sets of five values plus what appears to be a color photocopy of sheet of 10

of the Fournier forgery of the 20c red. 10.00

114 1865 Issue. 5c-1P. Two sets of Fournier forgeries with different fake cancels plus two other 20c

and one other 10c forgeries 10.00

115 1865 2 ½c triangles (5 plus a tete-beche pair) & 1869-70 2½c triangles (11) 10.00

116 1866 Issue 5P and 10P. Four forgeries of each 10.00

117 1870-1877 Four 5P and five 10P forgeries or reprints. 15.00

118 1870 25c, 11 copies of black on blue-green, 1 black on yellow, 2 black on rose, and 12 copies in

green including vertical and horizontal strips of five 20.00

119 1871-1873 Issues - 2c green (14), 2c rose (2 plus block-4), 2c brown (6), 2c red brown (sheet of 50) 15.00

120 1881-1902 Lot of misc. forgeries, reprints and color changelings including 5 copies each of 1902

5P purple and 10P green 15.00

121 1920 CCNA. Six forgeries of four different designs from this set 10.00

122 1865 Registration stamps. Ten copies each of the “A” and “R” stamps. Mostly different 20.00

123 1870 Registration stamps. Five copies each of the “A” and “R” stamps including a Michelson reprint 5.00

124 1881 Registration stamp. Two mint copies of this dangerous forgery 7.50

125 1866 “Porte de Mar” stamps. (Scott J1-J3). Three each of two forgeries of the 25c and 50c stamps

and two copies of a 1P forgery 12.00

126 Antioquia 1869 issue. 2c (three copies each of two forgeries), 5c (3), 10c violet (3), 10c blue (1)

20c (3), 1P (5, incl 3 types) 18.00

127 Bolivar 1863-1866 issue. One forgery each of Scott 1 & 3 and 2 forgeries of Scott 2 10.00

128 Cauca. Two sets of the fantasies pictured in Scott and a forgery of Cali “No Hay Estampillas” label 5.00

129 Cundinamarca. 1870 Issue. 5c blue reprint pair and 10c 3 forgeries and 12 reprints. 5.00

130 Cundinamarca 1886 Issue. Reprints of all values plus large multiples of 5c, 10c and 1P. 61 stamps 10.00

131 Tolima 1871 issue. Four sets of reprints of the four values, plus a 5c fantasy 7.50

132 Tolima 1886 (First issue). 6 reprints of 50c and 3 reprints of 1P plus unused block of 15 of 1P reprint 7.50

133 Tolima 1884 issue. 24 of various values of the reprints with various bogus straight line cancels 15.00

COLOMBIA - POSTAL STATIONERY

134 1890 Valor Declarado issue, 10 values 10c thru 1P. Mint F-VF 6.00

135 1890 Certificado con Contenido issue, 10 values 10c thru 1P & 1892-3 Valor Declarado issue

5 values 10c thru 50c. Mint F-VF 8.50

PANAMA STAMPS