Lot Details
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.
Canal Zone
sprawling collection of singles, pairs, and blocks, mix of mint and used throughout, we note CZSG-listed varieties including 1c Type I "Zone Canal" due to freak perforations (31.1a), "Z" of "Zone" under "C" of "Canal" (31.2), "E" of "Zone" under "L" of "Canal" (31.3), 9¼mm spacing (31.4c), 10½mm spacing (31.4d), 2c Type I Orange vermilion & black (32.1), Aniline ink (32.2), 9mm spacing (32.3a), 9¼mm spacing (32.3b), 9½mm spacing (32.3c), 10m spacing (32.3d), 8¾mm spacing (32.3e), 5c Type I "E" of "Zone" under "L" of "Canal" (33.1), 8¾mm spacing (33.2b), 8c Type I 8¾mm spacing (34.1), 10c Type I mint pair, 1c Type II Bluish white paper (38.1), "E" of "Zone" under "L" of "Canal" (38.2), 8¾mm spacing (38.3b), 9mm spacing (38.3c), 9¼mm spacing (38.3d), 9½mm spacing (38.3e), 2c Type II Orange vermilion & black (39.1), Bluish white paper (39.2), 7¾mm spacing (39.3a), 9mm spacing (39.3d), 9½mm spacing (39.3e), first "A" of "Canal" raised (39.4a), 5c Type II 8¾mm spacing (40.1a), 9mm spacing (40.1b), 9¼mm spacing (40.1c), 10c Type II mint, 1c Type IV 8¾mm spacing (52.1c), 9¾mm spacing (52.1d), 2c Type IV 8¼mm spacing (53.1b), 10mm spacing (53.1d), 8¾mm spacing (53.1e), 9¾mm spacing (53.1f), 5c Type IV 9¾mm spacing (54.1), 1c Type V 9¼mm spacing (55.2c), "E" of "Zone" dropped (55.3), 2c Type V "E" of "Zone" dropped (56.2), "Z" of "Zone" under "C" of "Canal" (56.6), and 5c Type V "E" of "Zone" dropped (57.4), plus a huge number of minor varieties that are too extensive to list here, generally fine to very fine, a wonderful collection which is the culmination of decades of work and would be nearly impossible to replicate