Auction Detail
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.
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mint horizontal pane, tab with stitch holes at right (position H), lightly tropicalized gum, includes original interleaving, very fine, 1992 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $500)
mint vertical pane with tab at bottom (position L), very fine and fresh, 2007 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $500)
extremely fine and rare with just a few surviving examples, a great Canal Zone rarity (Scott $2,000 as panes)
mint pair, top stamp lightly hinged and pressed out horizontal crease in the bottom stamp, very fine appearance, Canal Zone Stamps reports only about 30 pairs, 1990 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $1,000)
vertical pane, staple holes in tab at top (position E), very fine and choice (Scott $800)
mint vertical pane (position L) with stitch holes in bottom tab, very fine and choice, 1992 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $800)
four panes of six stitched into booklet with cover printed as a 1c booklet, position E, very fine and rare with just six examples known, 1992 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $3,200 as four panes which greatly undervalues this remarkable rarity)
mint bottom sheet margin single, very fine and choice, just 200 issued, 1991 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $375)
mint top margin pair, fresh and very fine, rare with just 10 copies produced from one pane (Scott $1,750)
mint left margin strip of four, fine and scarce, this strip proves the existence of the 8½mm spacing as a separate printing
mint top margin vertical pair, very fine and rare with only 10 examples of this error occurring from a single pane (Scott $1,750)
never hinged pane, control punch as always, without pencil notation on reverse as this pane was not part of the 1990 Christie's auction, very fine, supposedly just four examples exist, in any case an extremely rare item, 1993 APS certificate