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 left margin strip of three (positions 1-3), red brown overprint, stage II (14.Ba), margin with red "cts" overprint resulting from horizontally shifted overprint, position 2 with "Panama" overprint split horizontally (14.16), very fine and rare with only five examples issued
collection of 21 singles and nine blocks of four (plus several pairs and strips), mostly mint, neatly and meticulously annotated with varieties and flaws, every stamp identified by stage and position, we note CZSG-listed varieties including right "Panama" 5mm below bar (14.6), first and second "As" small in right "Panama" (14.7), "M" tall, think, and without serifs in left "Panama" (14.8), short "A" at top in left "Panama" (14.9a), "N" with thick left stroke in right "Panama" (14.10a), "8" in Type B (14.12), "8" in Type C (14.13), overprint split horizontally (14.16a), and bar at bottom (14.17), generally fine to very fine, an extraordinary holding for the specialist in this issue (Scott $1,350 for nine normal mint blocks, not counting the singles and varieties)
mint single (position 24), very fine and fresh, just 500 copies of this stamp were produced, 1992 PSE certificate (Scott $2,000)
mint single (position 10), also with "Panama" overprint split vertically variety (15.8b), very fine and rare combination of these two varieties, 1967 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $2,400)
mint single (position 59), also with "Panama" overprint split horizontally variety (15.8a) and misplaced entry of basic stamp (15.12), very fine and rare combination of varieties, 1990 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $2,400)
mint single (position 5), "Pa" and third "A" large in both "Panamas", very fine, just 30 examples of this variety exist, 1979 APEX certificate (Scott $2,400)
right stamp in mint horizontal pair (positions 34-35), left stamp with accented third "A" in "Panama", very fine and rare pair, just 100 examples of this stamp have "8" in Type B and only 20 can exist with any accents, 1996 APEX certificate for block of four (Scott $4,000 as normal singles)
mint left margin single, additional "Panama" in margin from horizontally shifted overprint, few perforations reinforced by hinge, very fine and rare, 1991 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $2,000 for normal)
mint single, very fine and rare, 1992 APEX certificate (Scott $2,000 for normal)
lower left stamp in mint block of four (positions 38-39, 48-49), position 38 with third "A" in "Panama" accented, very fine and scarce block (Scott $335 as singles)
mint left margin single (position 51, reattached selvage), also with "P nama" variety at left (18.2), selvage reattached, very fine and scarce, just 350 produced, 1991 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $160)
mint left margin imprint block of 12 (positions 1-2/51-52), positions 1 and 51 "Panama" reading down at left and up at right (18b), position 51 additionally with "P nama" (18.2) and two "Panamas" close together (18.4), very fine and choice (Scott $820 as singles and blocks)