Auction Detail

mint pane of 100, very fine and fresh (Scott $300 as blocks)

wonderful collection of mostly mint stamps, meticulously identified with a huge assortment of different varieties, we note (just the CZSG-listed varieties): 16.1 (work-up between "Z" and "O" of "Zone"), 16.2 (accent on "A" of "Panama"), 16.4 (one bar at bottom, none at top), 16.6 (two bars at bottom, none at top), 16a.2 ("ZO" of "Zone" widely spaced), 16a.3 ("1 ct." narrowly spaced), 16a.4 ("ct" and "." narrowly spaced), 16a.5 (dot in "Z" of "Zone"), 16a.6 (accent on "A" of "Panama"), 16b.1 ("CA" of "Canal" widely spaced), 16b.2 ("ZO" of "Zone" spaced), 16b.4 ("Canal" 13¼ mm long and "1 ct." properly aligned), 16b.5 ("1 ct." narrowly spaced), 16b.6 ("1 ct." narrowly spaced, "N" inverted in left "Panama"), 16b.7 (work-up after "1" of "1 ct."), 16b.8 (accent on "A" of "Panama"), 16b.9 ("PA" of right "Panama" widely spaced), 16b.10 (third "A" of left "Panama" is inverted "V"), 16b.16 (two bars at top, one at bottom), 16b.17 (two bars at bottom, one at top), 16b.18 (work-up before "1" of "1 ct."), 17.1 (work-up between "Z" and "O" of "Zone"), 17.2 (work-up between "N" and second "A" of "Canal"), 17.3 (work-up before right "Panama"), 17.4 (accents on "A" of "Panama"), 17a.2 ("ZO" of "Zone" widely spaced), 17a.4 (accents on "A" of "Panama"), 17a.5 (first "A" dropped in left "Panama"), 17a.6 ("PA" dropped in right "Panama"), 17a.7 (last "A" raised in right "Panama"), 17a.9 (one bar at top, none at bottom), 17a.10 (two bars at top, none at bottom), 17b.2 ("ZO" of "Zone" widely spaced), 17b.3 ("2 cts." narrowly spaced), 17b.4 ("2 cts." narrowly spaced, "N" inverted in left "Panama"), 17b.6 (accent on "A" of "Panama"), and 17b.14 (dot in "N" and "Z" of "Zone"), many multiples including blocks of four and larger, generally fine to very fine, certainly one of the most detailed collections of the issue to have reached the market in some time, an ideal opportunity for the specialist

used pair, fresh color and well-centered, minor scuffing on face of left stamp, otherwise very fine and rare, just 50 pairs issued, 2010 PSAG certificate (Scott $1,100)

vertical strip of three, imperforate horizontally except at bottom, large part original gum, light crease at center and staining on reverse of bottom stamp, very fine and attractive, originally 20 error pairs were created when one pane was produced missing the top five rows of perforations, but apparently most of these were used as only three mint pairs with top selvage and two strips of three with perforations at bottom are known, ex-Plass, 1994 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $2,250 for pair)

mint bottom margin single, 7¼mm spacing on soft paper, certificate mentions small vertical crease at top which is wholly insignificant, extremely fine appearance, just 10 examples of this variety produced on soft paper, 1998 Philatelic Foundation certificate