Greatest Costa Rica stamps ever auctioned from the Frederick R. Mayer Collection

1892 1P Green on yellow on cover

Greatest Costa Rica stamps ever auctioned

Tied by light “Direccion General” violet handstamp on registered cover to Germany: Crisp “AR” and other registry markings and label. New Orleans and New York transits as well as Osnabruck receiver. Cover with trivial edge wear, fine; one of only two recorded examples of the 1892 One Peso value on cover.

Selling price: $1,700

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