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During the 1920’s is very rare to find Costa Rica stamps used in correspondence to Africa. Recently came to my hands one of those extremely rare piece of Costa Rica stamps’ postal history from the 1920’s. A beautiful postcard depicting passengers getting into a train to depart from Limón to San José. That’s nice, but … Read more Costa Rica Stamps: Unique Jesús Jiménez Issue Usage To Algeria
Errors from the Jesus Jimenez issue that can be found are: shifted perforations, natural paper folds and mirror impressions. Approved by the decree #6 of January 12th, 1923. The Jesus Jimenez issue was the third stamp issue printed in Costa Rica by Litografia Nacional. And it’s key to state that quality wasn’t a component at … Read more Errors From The Jesus Jimenez Issue
Are you that kind of philatelic enthusiast that likes to surf the web looking for pics of stamps from time to time? Well, here I am to help you! I know that looking at stamps can be hypnotizing. I know that once you start, you’ll leave your computer until you saw the last one. I’ve … Read more Costa Rica: pics of stamps – lots of pictures
For no reason the issues from the early 1920’s are hard to find used on cover. The most difficult to find on cover is Scott 111J which consist in an overprint for coffee promotion that reads “COMPRE UD. CAFE DE COSTA RICA”. There are only 13 covers known with that stamp. Scott 111J has an … Read more Costa Rica Stamps – Incredible cover with Scott 111k “VD” instead “UD” coffee promotion