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.
- (-) Remove Canal Zone filter Canal Zone
single tied by November 13, 1924 machine cancel to locally-addressed cover, very fine and choice solo use (Scott $500)
never hinged horizontal pair, first printing (80.A), left "Canal Zone" appreciably higher, very fine, very fine, 1998 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $300 as singles)
mint strip of three with overprint misaligned causing spacing variety in the middle stamp, very fine and interesting
mint pane (position A), very fine and choice, 1990 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $175)
mint pane, position I, very fine (Scott $175)
mint pane, position J, very fine (Scott $175)
mint pane, position K, very fine (Scott $175)
with two panes, position A, very fine (Scott $350)
mint single, very fine and fresh, scarce with just just 180 produced, 2000 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $425)
mint left plate number 16402 block of six, upper left stamp the "Canal" in wrong font variety (85.1), very fine (Scott $165)
mint vertical pair, top stamp the error, fine and fresh, this error occurred in position 18 of the lower right pane and was recognized almost immediately, of the 500 produced 400 were destroyed, given that a few were sold in the normal course of business only about 90 examples are estimated to survive, 1990 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $550)
upper left stamp in mint left plate number 16474 block of six, pre-printing tear in selvage caused freak margin perforations, blue pencil mark in margin, very fine (Scott $125 for "Canal" in wrong font, $165 for plate block of six)