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.
never hinged vertical pair, top stamp the error, bright and fresh, very fine and choice, this error occurred in position 18 of the lower right pane as was the case with the 3c, according to BEP records all examples of this error were destroyed once it was discovered but approximately 15 examples are known to have survived (several theories are presented in Canal Zone Stamps), 1994 PSE certificate (Scott $1,000)
mint horizontal pair with left stamp the error, fine and scarce, 1990 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $950)
mint horizontal pair with left stamp the error, very fine and attractive (Scott $950)
mint right margin single, bright and fresh, very fine, only one pane of 100 received the inverted overprint with just 80 of those stamps this error (along with 10 pairs of 86g), 1990 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $500)
mint single, fine and fresh, only one pane of 100 received the inverted overprint with just 80 of those stamps this error (along with 10 pairs of 86g), many of which are split horizontally, 1992 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $500 for 86c)
mint horizontal pair, left stamp with "Zone Canal" split horizontally and right stamp with overprint split both vertically and horizontally, very fine and attractive, 1992 Philatelic Foundation certificate
mint vertical pair with bottom stamp the "Zone" only error, top stamp "Zone Canal" (86e), very fine and fresh, just 10 issued (and only 90 of the "Zone Canal"), a rare and attractive pair, 1966 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $2,350 as singles)
mint vertical pair, very fine and fresh, only 10 produced, a wonderful example of this rarity, 1991 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $2,000)
mint block of 18 (positions 1-6, 11-16, 21-26), second printing (86.B), overprint shifted down and at an angle resulting in positions 1-3 with "Canal" only, positions 11-12 and 21-22 with "Zone Canal" (86e), and the balance of stamps with overprint split vertically (86.5a), couple trivial perforation separations, very fine, an extraordinary block which is the largest multiple of the "Canal" only stamp and perfectly illustrates how these errors occurred, 1976 APEX certificate (Scott $7,400 as singles)
used single with "Zone" at center and parts of "Canal" at top and bottom, very fine and scarce, 1990 Philatelic Foundation certificate
mint single, bright and fresh, scarce (Scott $325)
mint single, bold color, fine and fresh (Scott $175)