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In 1923 an agreement between Antonio Canalias and the Costa Rica government consisted in Canalias would surcharge postcards with a coffee allegory surcharge. Paying the government for each postal card sold. There’s no need to say that these postal cards are really hard to find unused, very hard to find used and extremely hard to … Read more Uprated Canalias postal card: a real gem!
One of the most common questions stamp collectors have regarding varieties and errors is: is it constant or just happened to a few stamps? Well, what a better way to answer this than having a specimen or proof with the variety/error?!?!?! Here you can see a specimen of Scott C159 with the variety of the … Read more Costa Rica Stamps – Scott C159 Train Stamp Specimen With Variety
When I try to think about the rarest Costa Rica stamps, a few come quickly to my mind: the 1901 2 Cts inverted center, the 1907 inverted centres and some Guanacaste overprints…wait! there’s another extremely rare, almost impossible to find (not fake) jewel: Scott 94c. Let’s start fresh: the Scott 94 itself it’s not easy … Read more Costa Rica Stamps – Scott 94c: One of the rarest Costa Rica Stamps