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
mint single, bright and fresh, scarce (Scott $325)
mint single, bold color, fine and fresh (Scott $175)
mint single with "Canal" shifted dramatically to the left (position 4 of lower left pane), very fine, about 25 exist
mint bottom margin single, fresh and very fine, a choice example of this rare stamp, only 40 examples of this error exist (all from the bottom horizontal row of the pane), 1994 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $1,000)
mint top margin single, bright and fresh, tiny natural paper inclusion affects just one perforation, fine and rare with just 11 examples of this error recorded, many examples of this shifted overprint show a trace of "Zone" at top or bottom with the legitimate error being much rarer, 1993 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $1,900)
mint single, fresh and fine, scarce with just 450 issued, 1990 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $275)
mint horizontal pair with right stamp the variety, very fine and choice (Scott $275)
mint left margin single, very fine, this variety occurs only once on position 51 U of the $1 stamp, 1993 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $300)
used single, fine, this variety occurs only once on position 82 U of the $1 stamp, 1993 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $275)
used single with wavy line machine cancel, fine, the discovery copy of this spacing variety, 2003 Philatelic Foundation certificate does not mention spacing
mint pane, position A, very fine (Scott $500)
mint pane, position A, left middle stamp with 9½mm spacing, very fine (Scott $500)