Sale No: 755
Lot No:537
Symbol:Cat No:Oct. 6

Honduras, 1895 (Oct. 6), Legal-size OHMS cover from Trujillo to Turks Islands, forwarded to Jamaica, beautiful and rare cover sent "via New York", franked by 2c, 10c, 20c, 30c and 1p Justice issues (#88, 90-92, 94), tied by violet barred killers, with matching "Correos De Honduras/OCT 6 1895/Trujillo" saw-tooth oval handstamp adjacent; cover re-addressed in red to Kingston, Jamaica, with front showing Turks Island NO 8 transit, and reverse noting New Orleans (Oct 13) and New York (Oct 15) transits, along with "Kingston/NO 29/95/Jamaica" receivers, Fine to Very Fine, a beauty of an eye-catching and rare usage and franking. Suggested Bid $400-500 (Image)

Suggested Bid $400-500

Sale No: 755
Lot No:538
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

Honduras, 1899-1930, Select group of three legal-size Official covers, lovely and scarce trio, each showing different Ministry corner cards, and all franked by ordinary (non-Official) 1898 Railway Train stamps (#105, 107); two franked 5c plus 10c, the third franked by three 10c singles, Fine to Very Fine+, a most attractive and scarce group, clearly showing that the Official stamps of this period were not used. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)

Suggested Bid $300-400

Sale No: 755
Lot No:539
Symbol:Cat No:103-110

Honduras, 1900 (Sept. 18), Astonishing large Registered mining cover, sent Amapala to New York, a remarkable large-size cover from the New York and Honduras Rosario Mining Company, franked by every value of the 1898 Locomotive issue (#103-110): 1c (2), 2c-10c, 20c (3), 50c and 1p (8), for a total of 9p35c, corresponding to a 915-grams rate; cover shows two strikes in red of "Via Panama & New York" and two in violet of "Via Puerto Cortez & New Orleans" handstamps; one 1c stamp folded over the edge; some minor edge tears of little consequence to this strong, linen-lined envelope, Fine to Very Fine, a superb cover with great visual appeal, including all eight values of the issue, a spectacular largest-known franking example. Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)

Suggested Bid $750-1,000

Sale No: 755
Lot No:540
Symbol:(Cat No:Dec. 14

Honduras, 1918 (Dec. 14), Spectacular large mining cover front from Tegucigalpa to New York, franked by 1915 20c Ulua Bridge (2) plus 1915 National Theatre 40c and strip of three 1p; fresh, Very Fine+, a most attractive and exceedingly rare item, representing the largest known franking of the 1915 issue. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)

Suggested Bid $300-400

Sale No: 755
Lot No:541
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

Honduras, 1896-98, President Celio Arias, specialized postal history group, choice, specialist selection of six premium covers comprising 5c (#97) on scarce internal rate cover from Amapala to San Juancito; a pair of 2c values on 1896 wrapper, double foreign printed matter rate, to Lowell, Mass.; 2c bisect usage; uprated 1ca on 2c postal card from Amapala to Hamburg; a 20c usage with fancy Yuscaran c.d.s. to New Orleans; plus a rare 5c & 20c franking on package piece from a small box containing an ore sample, sent Registered from San Juancito to New York, Fine to Very Fine, outstanding specialist group; see them all online. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)

Suggested Bid $200-300

Sale No: 755
Lot No:542
Symbol:Cat No:C24

Honduras, Airmail, 1930, 10c on 20c Provisional Surcharge, violet overprint variety (Scott C24), position 15 of the setting, o.g., a splendid, top quality example of this rarity, of which only 50 examples were prepared, Very Fine, choice, signed Bloch and Sanabria, with 1971 Friedl certificate.
Scott $750
Suggested Bid $400-500 (Image)

Scott $750
Suggested Bid $400-500

Sale No: 755
Lot No:543
Symbol:Cat No:C33

Honduras, Airmail, 1930, 5c on 10c Provisional surcharge (Scott C33), position 33 of the setting, o.g., a most attractive example of this elusive issue, Fine to Very Fine, signed Bloch, Kessler, Duron & others, with 1954 Friedl certificate.
Scott $450
Suggested Bid $250-300 (Image)

Scott $450
Suggested Bid $250-300

Honduras, 1943, 1c to 5L Airmail Pictorials, rare Security Bank Note Co. Specimen booklet (Scott C128-C142), complete unexploded booklet, complete stapled booklet containing all 15 values (1c low value included but detached), all punched and printed in issued colors, with original interleaving, etc., Very Fine, a lovely and very scarce item. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)

Suggested Bid $200-300

Honduras, 1947, 16c to 5L First Archaeological Conference, Hamilton Bank Note Co. die proofs (Scott C164-C169), outstanding group of five different imperforate die proofs affixed to card, then mounted on individual Hamilton Bank Note Company display card; includes 22c and 1L to 5L in issued colors, plus a second 2L value in purple shades, generally Very Fine, a rare and choice group. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)

Suggested Bid $300-400

Sale No: 755
Lot No:546
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

Honduras, Exceptional Semi-Specialized Stock, 1903-64, on 19 stockpage sides, most in black cards or mounts; a wonderful array of the odd, uncommon and erroneous, including a horizontal block of eight #312 with shifted overprint (left four stamps unoverprinted), a 1903 Guardiola die proof, 50c Air Semi-Official tied by 1927 cancel to piece, 1911 Steamer 5c to 1p in imperforate plate proof blocks of four, 1915-16 Officials complete used as blocks of four, #256-257 in transposed colors, perforated and imperforate Barahona, 1916 Bertrand in various colors (some part-perforated, one imperforate block of four); #194-198 in various colors, with imperforates, part-perforates, and sheetlets of one; numerous 1929-30 overprints with varieties, a wealth of Airmail and Official overprints with errors galore (some in pair with normal), some Specimens, and much more besides; wonderfully fresh and clean throughout, Very Fine overall, a must-see; imaged in full online. Shipping charges apply - weight 2.6 lbs.
View a PDF of images for this lot Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)

Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500

Honduras, Sensational Revenue Specimens Collection, 1927-32, filling 12 sides of a G&K stockbook, a wonderful selection of these Revenues, nearly all in blocks or strips of four; all bear the American Bank Note Company's "SPECIMEN" overprint (in different sizes and fonts) and their security punch-hole; all but five mint, three "used" handstamped in red "Return to/Record & Specimen Dep[artment]", another so handstamped without security punch but with star punch cancel, the fifth with just the star punch; note run-of-the-mill "Renta de Timbre" issues plus Phosphor, Tobacco, Primary Education and Consular Service items; numerous stamps in shades, several items with differing values se-tenant, even a few imperforates, Very Fine, a magnificent holding, uniformly clean, rarely encountered. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.6 lbs. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)

Suggested Bid $500-750