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.
mint horizontal pair (positions 26-27) with left stamp the variety, lightly tropicalized gum, very fine and scarce with just about 190 issued, 1990 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $210)
mint horizontal pair (positions 47-48) with right stamp the variety, lightly tropicalized gum, very fine and scarce with just about 190 issued, 1990 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $210)
mint block of four (positions 51-52, 61-62) with top left stamp the variety, also "P nama" at left (19.5) and misplaced entry (19.13), usual tropicalized gum, fine to very fine, 1990 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $110)
left stamp in mint left margin horizontal pair (positions 1-2), fine (Scott $155 as singles)
mint left margin block of four (31-32, 41-42), position 42 "L" antique in "Canal" (19.2), position 32 "Z" antique in "Zone" (19.3), very fine and scarce block
used single (position 90), very fine and rare, this error occurred on only a few panes in this position
used single, also with two "Panamas" close together" variety (19.8), very fine, PSE certificate no longer accompanies
mint single (position 100), no bar due to vertically shifted overprint, tropicalized gum, very fine, 1993 Philatelic Foundation certificate
red "8 cts." surcharge essay on Panama 1892 10c Orange (18), tropicalized gum, very fine and rare with just five examples recorded, 1995 Philatelic Foundation certificate
mint pane of 100, includes major varieties such as "Canal" in antique type at position 26 (20a) and "Zone" in antique type at position 48 (20b), plus numerous smaller varieties, few natural inclusions, very fine (Scott $4,000 as normal blocks with no premium for varieties)
mint single (position 26), fresh and fine, scarce with just 196 produced, 1990 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $200)
mint vertical pair (positions 48, 58) with top stamp the variety, top stamp also has "Panama" overprint split (20.9a), bottom stamp with varieties including "Panama" reading up at right (20.4), double diagonal stroke in right "N" of "Panama" (20.5), two "Panama"s close together (20.8), and misplaced entry of basic stamp (20.12), fine and scarce pair, 1990 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $200 for 20b)