Lot Details

June 2023

"Erivan" Collection Part IX and Canal Zone Stamps and Covers

June 20-21, 2023 in New York City

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# : 1207
Date: 20.06.2023 - 17:00

Canal Zone

legal-sized cover prepared by Coveleski on December 17, 1913 at Paraiso and franked with 15 stamps, shades including 1c light green, dark green, and blue green (probably a changeling), 2c orange red, scarlet, and carmine lake, 5c light blue, light ultramarine, blue, and dull blue, 8c reddish purple and purple, and 10c violet, additionally 2c overprint reading up (21) and 2c overprint reading down with dark purple overprint (23.2), very fine and extremely eye-catching, this cover provides a perfect study of the shades of the fifth series, ex-Plass

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Starting Price: $100
Hammer Price: $500