Central America

GUATEMALA 1878-1959 Lot of 113 Collection on Scott Album Pages	8	$12.39	55m
HONDURAS 1865-1939 Lot of 92 Collection on Scott Album Pages	6	$9.00	57m
GUATEMALA 1933 (9.3.) REG.COVER FRANKING QUEZALTENANGO TO SIBIU ROMANIA	6	$67.00	1h 23m
SALVADOR 1896 P.ST.C. 3 CTS.(Railway Design)EL SALVADOR VIA USA TO HAMBURG GERM.	-	$12.00	1h 40m
NICARAGUA 1923 (26.10.)COMMERC.P.ST.ENV.(RIVAS)UPRAT.EMERGENCY TRANSIT PM TO USA	1	$17.00	1h 43m
Panama-Maiden Voyage of S.S. PANAMA 1939-two stamps	-	$19.25	1h 43m
1994 Nicaragua - 8 Minisheets with Alien Sightings	-	$46.00	1h 44m
COSTA RICA 1896 P.ST.ENV. SAN JOSE VIA PANAMA TO GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR	-	$12.00	1h 44m
Guatemala 1951 Airmail Cover to US With Bisect Scott C177 & C181	-	$20.00	1h 55m
Panama 1952 Comemorative Flight 40th Anniversary 1st flight by de Giers, article	-	$2.49	2h 1m
Nicaragua 1907 Arms 20¢ Waterlow Print Bluefields VFU (H737)	-	$2.00	2h 6m
Guatemala #C517-22 MNH, 1974 U.P.U. airmail issue	-	$0.97	2h 23m
100 DIFF GUATEMALA STAMPS (LOTb)	-	$16.00	2h 23m
100 All Different NICARAGUA Stamps - all large	-	$8.00	2h 26m
100 ALL DIFFERENT GUATEMALA STAMPS	-	$18.00	2h 27m
100 All Different COSTA RICA Stamps	-	$25.00	2h 29m
1940 Airmail Cover Honduras to Dayton, Ohio, 3 stamps	-	$0.99	2h 30m
Nicaragua 1905 Bluefields on 20¢ Postage Due VFU (J748)	-	$2.00	2h 35m
Nicaragua 1903 Official Overprints 50¢ 20¢ MNH (J807)	-	$2.00	2h 35m
Nicaragua 1903 Official Overprints 30¢ 20¢ Mint (J803)	-	$1.00	2h 35m
Nicaragua 1904 Official Overprints 1¢ 2¢ Mint (J788)	-	$3.95	2h 35m
Nicaragua 1902 Official Overprints 1¢ 1P Mint (J786)	-	$3.95	2h 35m
Nicaragua 1902 Official Overprints 2¢ 2P Mint (J785)	-	$3.95	2h 35m
Nicaragua 1911 Bluefields 5¢ on 10P Pink Revenue Mint (J958)	-	$3.95	2h 36m
Nicaragua 1905 Arms ABNC Print 10¢ Yellow Brown Bluefields "Dto" Inverted (J770)	-	$2.00	2h 36m
Nicaragua 1911 Bluefields 5¢ on 10P Brown Revenue Mint (J960)	1	$3.95	2h 36m
Nicaragua 1905 Arms ABNC Print 4¢ Orange Red Bluefields Mint (J713a)	-	$3.95	2h 36m
Nicaragua 1909 2½¢ Orange Red ABNC MNH Specimen (J670)	-	$3.95	2h 37m
Nicaragua 1909 20¢ Violet ABNC MNH Specimen (J669)	-	$3.95	2h 37m
Nicaragua 1894 Seebeck Ship Letter via Spirit of America (I628)	-	$58.00	2h 37m
Nicaragua 1932 Uprated Airmail Cover Leon to Guatemala (Cartero 3) (I627)	-	$38.00	2h 37m
Nicaragua 1936 Airmail Cover Commercial Use (I490)	-	$25.00	2h 38m
Nicaragua 1934 Airmail Cover Commercial to Germany (I337)	-	$18.00	2h 39m
Nicaragua 1913 Liberty ½¢ 15¢ 35¢ Provisional Surcharge Error VFU (F735)	-	$3.95	2h 39m
Nicaragua 1907 Arms WATERLOW Mostly Complete Set Bluefields VFU (J782a)	-	$48.00	2h 40m
Nicaragua 1911 ABNC Surcharged 10c 2P Double Surcharge One inverted Mint (K60)	-	$15.00	2h 40m
Nicaragua 1932 Earthquake Restoration ½¢ Block (J844)	-	$3.95	2h 41m
Belize (British Honduras) Souvenir Sheet Scott # 286a	-	$2.59	2h 46m

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