Costa Rica


The Frederick Mayer Collection

Costa Rica: 1863-1900. This is a presentation of the eight frame exhibit of Mr. Frederick Mayer as shown at Washington 2006 where it was awarded a Large Gold in the traditional class. To view thumbnails of the frames, click the appropriate frame number link. Each frame page has thumbnails for the individual pages. Additional collections formed by Mr. Mayer are linked from the "features" page and on the Mayer Foundation stamp collection home page here.

PDF file of complete exhibit here.

1863 Issue: Frame 1 and Frame 2
1881-1882 Surcharge Issues: Frame 3
1883 Prospero Fernandez Issue: Frame 4
1887 Bernardo Soto Issue, 1889 Correos Overprints: Frame 5
1889 Bernardo Soto Issue: Frame 6
1892 Coat of Arms Issue:  Frame 7
Guanacaste District Overprints:  Frame 8

Richard Frajola (August 20, 2006)