Latin America

FLOWERS PLANTS ON CUBA 1973 Scott 1834-1840 MNH	-	$4.00	31m
PARAGUAY Sc 421 USED ON SMALL COVER 95X 55 CM	-	$9.00	32m
PARAGUAY Sc379, C127 AIR MAIL COVER TO ARGENTINA ARR CDS	-	$9.00	32m
URUGUAY Sc571, 600 REGISTERED COVER TO PARAGUAY ARR.CDS	-	$9.00	33m
JUNE 19th 1982 RETURNED TO SENDER COVER.to CORDOBA Sept.19th. FALKLAND STAMP	-	$5.00	34m
CUBA bunch of better used in sales cards PLZ Read Desc	-	$32.98	35m
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC bunch of better in sales cards Part 2 of 2 PLZ Read Desc	-	$29.98	35m
Brazil 2309-11 MNH Fight against Drugs, Smoking	-	$1.00	35m
CHILE bunch of better in sales cards PLZ Read Desc	-	$19.98	35m
Venezuela Maracaibo to US 1942 Censored Airmail Cover	-	$6.00	37m
Brazil 1952 Used Issues in good condition.	-	$0.99	37m
CUBA 1995 ZOO ANIMALS LION ZEBRA SET SC 3674 - 3679 MNH	-	$2.00	37m
Brazil 2312-3 MNH Yanomami Indian Culture	-	$4.65	39m
CUBA ~ #226 Beautiful Mint Never Hinged Issue	-	$5.35	39m
Chile 2008 FDC 150 years Port of Taltal	-	$7.00	42m
Brazil 2315 MNH Bird, Map, Orinoco Goose	-	$1.01	43m
FLOWERS ON CUBA 1980 Scott 2369-2374	-	$3.00	47m
Chile 1979 FDC 100 years Croatian Immigration faulty	-	$3.00	48m
MEXICO, MIXED OLDER COLLECTION	-	$3.00	50m
GUATEMALA 1933 (9.3.) REG.COVER FRANKING QUEZALTENANGO TO SIBIU ROMANIA	6	$67.00	52m
BRAZIL 1938 (30.5.) COMMERC.AIRMAIL COVER FRANKING S.PAULO TO GERMANY CENSORED	1	$12.00	53m
Early Brazil Mint & Used colleciton	5	$5.24	53m
URUGUAY 1889 P.ST.CARD USED SALTO TO MONTEVIDEO	-	$7.00	54m
Early Bolivia Mint & Used colleciton	4	$5.24	55m
Argentina 17 Revenues.VF	-	$3.75	55m
VENEZUELA, South America postage stamp POSTCARD. pre-1907. O. Zieher #33	-	$9.95	55m
PARAGUAY 1937 REG.COVER ASUNCION TO SAN ANTONIO SUCHITEPEQUEZ GUATEMALA VIA USA	-	$12.00	56m
ARGENTINA 1923 (31.5.) COMMERC.COVER B.A. TO PÖSSNECK GERMANY	-	$7.00	57m
CUBA 2009 PLANES AIRPLANES CUBANA AIRLINES BLOCK 4 MNH	-	$9.99	58m
COLOMBIA 1938 COMM.COV.PEREIRA-CALDAS TO GERM.INCL.HOR.STRIP OF 6, COFFEE AD PM.	-	$12.00	59m
CHILE 1930 AIRMAIL COV.FRANKING SANTIAGO TO RITTERGUT BELLIN(ZEHNA, Meckl.)GERM.	-	$12.00	1h 1m
¶¶ 29 STAMPS ARGENTINA ARGENTINE only one damaged, all HHR	2	$0.22	1h 1m
HAITI 1936 REG.COV.COMBI AIRMAIL SHIPM.PORT-AU-PRINCE VIA USA TO HAMBURG GERMANY	-	$14.00	1h 2m
Cuba SC# 14, Mint Hinged. A lot 28	-	$0.99 $4.49	1h 4m
DOMINICAN REP. 1890 P.ST.WRAPPER SANTO DOMINGO TO GERMANY	3	$15.00	1h 7m
SALVADOR 1896 P.ST.C. 3 CTS.(Railway Design)EL SALVADOR VIA USA TO HAMBURG GERM.	-	$12.00	1h 9m
ARGENTINA, South Ameria pre-1907 postage stamp POSTCARD. Unmailed. O Zieher #22	-	$9.95	1h 10m
ECUADOR 1938 (23.7.) AIRMAIL COVER FRANKING QUITO TO SAN SALVADOR	6	$26.00	1h 10m

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