HONDURAS COVERS
19th CENTURY
32, pair on 3/22/1889 cover from San Pedro Sula to London, has 3/26 Puerto Cortez and 4/5 NYC transit markings and an April 15 London receving ccl. A lovely and scarce cover (Scott $350 for single on cover) $400 SCAN SCAN2
20th CENTURY
105 (x3) on Oct 16, 1902 cover from Tegucigalpa to Switzerland, Oct 29 NYC transit and 11/7 Geneva receiving ccls on back. Attractive and scarce item $60 SCAN SCAN2
113, 115 fromSan Pedro Sula to NYC, very scarce usage, Puerto Cortes CDS $100 PHOTO
113, 115 Oct 12, 1905 usage on a striking red cover from Tegucigalpa importer to a Perfume manufacturer in Paris, NY foreign 11/2 transit ccl and Paris 11/13 receiving mark on reverse. Nice item $100 SCAN
119 (x3) and 122a (x2) on Sept 10, 1010 cover from Nacaome to Paris, has Tegucigalpa 9/13 and 9/20 transit ccls. Very unusual usage. $75 SCAN
174, 175 (2) and 178 on cover from La Ceiba to Los Angeles, CA $20
174. 175 (2) and 176 (2) on cover from Puerto Cortes to Boston $20 PHOTO
174(5),175a,187,191,194(3) on an attractive legal sized registered cover to USA. Twelve stamps in all including tete-beche pair (175a). Faults due to size, $75 PHOTO
176, 178 on January 24, 1919 cover from the tiny town of Lepaguare Olancho to NYC, paper censor. Black PASSED BY CENSOR 1131 on reverse, roughly opened at top but very attractive $25 PHOTO
179 bisect on La Ceiba to New Orleans cover, March 27 cds with indistinct year. Attractive red cancel, $10 PHOTO
179 bisect to New Orleans $10
184, 186 La Ceiba to Michigan $6.00
184 x3 and 187 x2 Honduras Railway Post May 1921 cover from San Pedro Sula to New Orleans. Stamps are tied by rare Ambulante de Potrerillos ccls $100 SCAN
184, 188, 191...a total of 12 bisects on one cover, local use in La Ceiba, each of the pairs of bisects neatly tied by a fancy wavy line red La Ceiba-Hond. cancel $25 PHOTO
213 to Montgomery Ward, IL $15.
249a June 10 1928 New Orleans slogan ccl and faint violet Paquetbot handstamp, Tela Honduras to NO. $15 PHOTO
298 (x6) very lightly cancelled in red to Seattle, Aug 27, 1932 datestamp on cover, probably when received in Seattle by addressee, $10 SCAN
298, 299, 301, C73 on Registered July 5, 1934 cover from Tegucigalpa to Havana Cuba. Transit markings from Brownsville, TX, Jacksonville, FL and Miami as well as Havana receiving ccl $50 PHOTO
301 nice paquebot usage $15 PHOTO
332,333 on July 22, 1938 cover from La Ceiba to Columbia, LA, very attractive $10 PHOTO
342,C132, RA3 from Danli to Tegucigalpa with scarce Honduran paper censor, unusual domestic small town usage during WWII $40 PHOTO
1964 official usage from City Hall in Florida Copan to Tela, Atlantida, free frank with municipal stamp, Florida CDS, Santa Rosa Transit and Tela receiving mark, very nice and clean $5.
8 unused post cards showing various images of St. John Paul II, very attractive $20.
AIRMAILS
C1a (not in Scott), C6a on front from on front from Tegucigalpa to Philadelphia. Sanabria lists a C1a for $300. C6a lists in Scott for $250. Total CV of stamps is $550.00 for the stamps only, net for them on front is $550. PHOTO
C15,C16,C17, O82, O84, O85 on first flight from Tegucigalpa-Tela-Miami to Canal Zone. Shows Oct 7, 1929 Tegucigalpa departure, and on reverse, same day Tela receiving as well as October 17 Canal Zone receving ccl. A stunning piece of early airmail history, $125. PHOTO
301, C44 on Dec 14, 1932 cover from Tegucigalpa to San Francisco, attractive Correo Aereo arrow etiquette and magenta strike of "Use el Correo Aereo" and plane CDS, $25 PHOTO
330, 334, C79 on attractive front, Oct 22, 1937 from American Legation in Tegucigalpa to San Jose Costa Rica, unsual destination, $25 SCAN
C84 attractive single usage June 10, 1938 to NYC $15 SCAN
C90, 336, RA1, RA2 on August 6, 1941 cover from San Pedro Sula to NYC. Stamps are tied by bar ccls, San Pedro Sula CDS on front, Tegucigalpa transit on reverse, also has attractive purple CORREO AEREO arrow marking. The bottom of the front is an advertising cover, "Always ask for "President Paz" shirts". A colorful franking well worth $15 PHOTO
C130 (4) and RA3 (4) Nov 8, 1946 from La Lima to Aspinwall PA, attractive airmail etiquette and "Correo aereo" arrow marking, very attractive $20 PHOTO
Very attractive first flight cover, attractive cachet $15 PHOTO
C253, C292 on advertising cover From La Ceiba to Tela, light but legible "Year of Mediation Implementation stamp", back stamped with "Received in this State"(no visible damage is seen), common stamps but the cover has a lot going for it, $10 PHOTO
