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Costa Rica Stamps – Scott 98 Perf. 14×14, block of 6 with inverted surcharge and “Correos” inverted

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Have you ever watched the movie Inception? A dream inside a dream… We’ll, here you can see an inverted surcharge inception: an inverted “Correos” in a block of 6 with inverted surcharge. Sounds weird, I know, but let me explain it: In this issue there are stamps with inverted surcharge because the pane was upside … Read more Costa Rica Stamps – Scott 98 Perf. 14×14, block of 6 with inverted surcharge and “Correos” inverted

Costa Rica Stamps – 1910’s 10 Cts with folded paper

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The 1910 issue is known for being a very “clean” issue. There are not known design errors in the more than 40,000,000 stamps that were printed. Fortunately, errors like folded paper are known to happen in this issue. But there were errors in the printing process -and not many-. Some imperforated stamps are known, but … Read more Costa Rica Stamps – 1910’s 10 Cts with folded paper

Costa Rica Stamps – Scott 49a, imperforated pair: a real gem!

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This is the first of a series of posts describing the imperforated pairs of the late XIX and early XX century. This time, we have an incredible vertical pair imperforated in between of the 20 Cts from the 1901 issue. It´s being said that this error happened between 2 rows only. So, this means that … Read more Costa Rica Stamps – Scott 49a, imperforated pair: a real gem!

Costa Rica Stamps – First Issue: medio real (Scott 1) with broken plate…USED!

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Quick trivia: How many medio real stamps were printed? R/5,750,000…yes, almost 6 million! Now, 3 million stamps are -or were- Scott 1 and 2.75 million of Scott 1a. But why there are 2 types of medio real? the history says that because of the quantity of stamps being printed, the plate started cracking. at the … Read more Costa Rica Stamps – First Issue: medio real (Scott 1) with broken plate…USED!

Costa Rica Stamps – Scott 94b a “hard to find-underated” stamp

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The importance of measuring perforations

The 1911 issue has many highlights, being Scott 94b one of them. Why, let’s do some math: According to the decree #242 of December 6th, 1911 only 1,500 stamps of Scott 94 (including the 14×14 stamps) where issued. now, The inverted correos happens 2 times per pane (of 100). 1,500/100= 15×2= 30. The math doesn’t … Read more Costa Rica Stamps – Scott 94b a “hard to find-underated” stamp