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.
horizontal pair (positions 24-25), left stamp with inverted "M" in "Panama" (13.6), right stamp with "Panama" 16mm long (13.8), tied to registered cover to Dr. Perry in Ancon, April 24, 1906 Cristobal datestamp, backstamped Ancon the following day, very fine and choice pair on cover, just 400 of each variety produced, ex-Plass
position 94, orange red overprint, used alongside 1904 1c Green strip of three (9, positions 77, 87, 97) and 1904 5c Blue (12, position 11) on Perry cover to Washington, DC, April 11, 1906 Ancon registry oval and boxed Cristobal registry handstamp, backstamped Cristobal, New York, and Washington, light wear, fine and attractive
carmine overprint, stage I (14.Aa), single tied by May 7, 1905 Ancon datestamp to Dr. Perry cover to Seattle, additionally franked with 1904 1c Green vertical pair (9.A, positions 20, 30), very fine and rare on cover (Scott $200)
stage I (14.Aa, position 70), used alongside 1904 1c Green (9) and 1906 1c on 20c Violet (16a.6, accents on "Panama") on registered cover to Montpelier, Vermont, July 28, 1908 Ancon datestamp and Cristobal boxed registry handstamp, light wear just affects stamps, otherwise very fine and scarce (Scott $200)
stage I (14.Aa, position 46), used alongside 1906 2c on 1p Lake on June 5, 1906 registered cover from Bohio to New York City, Cristobal boxed registry handstamp, fine and scarce (Scott $200)
single with "Panama" overprint split horizontally (14.16), used alongside two 1904 1c Green (9), 1904 5c Blue (12), and 1904 10c Yellow with "M" tall, thin, and without serifs in left "Panama" (13.12), all tied to January 10, 1905 cover from Cristobal to Brattleboro, Vermont, small faults including tear between stamps, otherwise very fine and scarce franking
single used alongside Third Series 1c (9), 5c (12.E), and 10c (13.C) and Fourth Series 1c on 20c (16.2) and 2c on 1p (17) on cover to Cannstatt, Germany, stamps tied by June 2, 1906 Cristobal duplexes, June 25 German backstamp, very fine and colorful cover
top stamp in strip of four (positions 41, 51, 61, 71), stamp also with varieties "M" tall, thin, and without serifs in left "Panama" (14.8) and "8" in Type B (14.12) as always, tied to February 24, 1905 cover from Cristobal to Bocas del Toro, Panama, slightly reduced at left, otherwise very fine, the spaced "A L" variety is rare on cover with just 193 examples produced
22 covers and cards including 9 (4), 10 (4), 11 (3), 16 (8), and 17 (3), postmarks including Ancon, Cristobal, Culebra, Empire, La Boca, and Pedro Miguel, overprint varieties and handstamps all with detailed annotations, generally fine to very fine, an attractive and desirable group
right stamp in horizontal pair (positions 89-90), used alongside 1904 2c Rose (10.B, position 36) and 1906 2c on 1p Lake block of six (17, positions 88-90, 98-100), all tied by July 20, 1906 Ancon datestamps to registered Dr. Perry cover to Birmingham, Alabama, Cristobal boxed registry and stamp, very fine and likely unique on cover, this example of the "P nama" variety is unusual as it has selvage at right which does not correspond to any of the listed positions
position 63, tied by June 4, 1906 Cristobal handstamp to cover to New York City, very fine and fresh, an attractive example of this scarce issue on cover (Scott $275)
position 29, used alongside 1906 2c on 1p Lake (17a) on October 24, 1906 registered cover to Las Cascadas, purple Bas Obispo registry handstamp, vertical crease away from stamps and light wear, just reduced at left, fine and scarce (Scott $275)