ORCOEXPO Stamp Show Auction ORCOEXPO Stamp Show Auction Jan. 2014 | Page 176

Session III: Sunday, January 19, 2014 Estimate Estimate 2963 2962 2965 2966X Session III: Sunday, January 19, 2014 Estimate Estimate – FAROE ISLANDS – Foreign Covers, cont. – COLOMBIA – 2962 2965 (C1) 1919 FIRST AIRMAIL ISSUE 2c CARMINE ROSE SURCHARGED ON COVER ...................................... PH $2500 Position 9 from setting. Single tied on 6/18/1919 cover to Puerto Colombia by Barranquilla cancels. RARE especially on cover, as only 180 stamps overprinted for this Experimental airmail flight from Barranquilla. Very fine. Genuine, signed four times. (2002 PF Cert #0389778). 2963 (C11 var) 1920 MARCH 10c LIGHT GREEN ON COVER ....................................................................... PH $1250 (1) 1919 CHRISTIAN SURCHARGED 2o ON 5o W/ 5o ..................................................................... PH 2966 1940-41 COVERS W/ SURCHARGED ISSUE FRANKINGS ....................................................... PH $900-1200 Nice group of 8 different covers all franked with the Surcharged Issues (Scott #2-6). Covers include (by Scott): complete set of all 5 surcharged values on individual covers (#2 20o on 1o pair); complete set of all 5 values on one cover tied by five strikes of ‘SAND’ double circle postmark plus ‘THORSHAVN 9.6.41’ cds on cover; 20o on 1o #2 block of 4; 20o on 5o #3 block of 4. Clean and attractive covers, very fine. (Facit est SKr12380=US$1891) Only one sheet of 72 of this shade printed, Sanabria #13. Tied to March 12, 1920 cover, Cartagena to Barranquilla (backstamp) by CCNA oval agency cancel and with three additional stamps as franking tied by Cartagena airmail cancels. Sanabria notes that any of these issues on cover are very Rare. Vertical fold between two of added franking. Fine Colombian Airmail rarity. – EGYPT – 2964 – GERMANY – 1960s-80s AMERICAN TOPICAL ASSN CORRESPONDENCE .................................................. $300-400 Many hundreds of mailings from Egyptian Philatelic Agency, nearly all with MINT stamps or S/S enclosed (often duplicating the issue on the mailing itself), along with official announcement of the issue. Many of the earlier covers do not bear adhesives. There are many small presentation booklets often containing blocks of the issues. Many attractive topicals, certainly scarce on cover. Very fine throughout. Great for collectors or retailers. Covers 02.pmd 2967 1923 NUMERAL 300m GREEN ON BUFF, TO THOMAS EDISON ............................................... PH 174 $150 Cover addressed to Thomas Edison in Menlo Park, NJ, franked with 300m green (Scott #158), tied with two strikes of Meuselwitz, Germany 4/30/23 cds, 5/12/23 Menlo Park receiving duplex on back, re-routed to Orange, NJ. Light creases, tiny tears at bottom, fine. (800) 782-0066 • www.RegencySuperior.com Page 174 $500 Clean cover franked with surcharged Christian X 2o on 5o (Scott Faroe Islands #1) and Christian X 5o (Scott Denmark #97), tied by ‘THORSHAVN 17. 1. 19’ cds. Cover addressed to Intendanten of Fishery Protection Vessel ‘Beskytteren’ which was stationed at Thorshavn harbor. Fine to very fine stamps, very fine cover. (Facit #3 SKr4500=US$687) 11/27/2013, 3:44 PM Regency-Superior (0