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.
single tied to cover to U.S. Consul in Colon, July 9, 1904 Ancon and Cristobal datestamp alongside, backstamped Colon, very fine and rare, just three examples of this variety recorded on cover, signed Perry and with 1974 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $550 for used)
complete mint set plus various overprint varieties of the 1c (7) and 2c (10), mostly broken letters with some quite dramatic, also a 10¾mm spacing variety of the 1c, generally fine to very fine and attractive
complete set of five tied by purple bars to legal-sized cover to Third Assistant Postmaster General Arthur Travers in Washington, DC, December 9, 1904 Ancon handstamp, backstamped Cristobal, New York, and Washington, very fine and attractive
five items including 1c on postcards from Ancon, Bohio, and La Boca, 2c on postcard from Empire and cover from Cristobal, all fine to very fine, a scarce and attractive group (Scott $375)
singles tied by purple bars with September 28, 1904 Cristobal datestamp alongside on cover to New York City, Panama Rail Road Company cornercard, very fine and rare, 2004 Leeds attestation
tied by black bars to locally-addressed cover with December 7 Empire and December 8 Gorgona handstamps alongside, very fine, although philatelic still quite scarce (Scott $275)
tied by black bars to locally-addressed cover with December 7 Empire and December 8 Gorgona handstamps alongside, very fine, although philatelic still quite scarce (Scott $500)
tied by black bars to locally-addressed cover with December 7 Empire and December 8 Gorgona handstamps alongside, very fine, although philatelic still quite scarce (Scott $500)
complete mint pane of 100 with stage IV overprint (9.D), includes numerous varieties including "Canal" in antique type at position 26 (9a), "Zone" in antique type at position 48 (9b), "E" of "Zone" faintly printed at position 68 (9.3), and more, never hinged but a few natural gum disturbances, very fine and rare as a complete sheet
mint block of four (positions 25-26, 35-36), upper right stamp the variety, very fine and choice, this variety occurs only in position 26 of Stage IV, 500 issued (Scott $90)
mint right margin imprint block of nine (positions 38-40, 48-50, 58-60), left center stamp the variety, fresh and extremely fine, a particularly choice example of this variety which only occurred in position 48 of Stages III and IV, 1,500 issued (Scott $60)
unused single, fresh color, some original gum adhering to interleaving, small stain spot and crease, otherwise very fine appearance, only 20 examples of this error are known, many of which have small defects, 1969 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $2,750)