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June 2023
"Erivan" Collection Part IX and Canal Zone Stamps and Covers
Our June sales include Part IX of the "Erivan" Collection of United and Confederate States Postal History and a catalogue of Canal Zone stamps and covers featuring the collections of James W. Crumpacker and Paul F. Ammons.
LOT# : 1136
Date: 20.06.2023 - 17:00
Canal Zone
mint single (position 78) reading "cts. 8" instead of "8 cts." due to horizontally shifted surcharge, this shift also causes the two "Panama"s close together variety (20.8), lightly tropicalized gum very fine, this is the discovery example of this error published by James Crumpacker in the Canal Zone Philatelist (Vol. 38, No. 3) and subsequently the basis for the Scott catalogue listing, we know of at least one other example from the Bates collection (Scott unpriced)
Scott 20e
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Starting Price: $250
Hammer Price: $1,100