Auction Detail

mint block of four (positions 32-33, 42-43), dark carmine overprint, stage V (13.Eb), position 32 with "Z" antique in "Zone" (13.3), position 33 with broken "E" in "Zone", and position 42 with "L" antique in "Canal" (13.4), very fine and scarce, 1990 Philatelic Foundation certificate

mint block of four (positions 85-86, 95-96), orange red overprint, stage III (13.C), position 95 "Pamana" at right and both "Panamas" 1½mm below bar (13.7), position 96 left "Panama" touches bar and right "Panama" 1½mm below bar (13.10), tropicalized gum, otherwise very fine and scarce, 1991 Philatelic Foundation certificate

mint bottom margin block of four (positions 89-90, 99-100), orange red overprint, stage III (13.C), position 100 "Pamana" at right and both "Panamas" 1½mm below bar (13.7), position 99 both "Panamas" 1½mm below bar (13.15), very fine and particularly fresh

advanced collection with detailed plating and annotations for nearly each stamp, many overprint color varieties noted, CZSG-listed overprint varieties are too numerous to list comprehensively but we note (mostly mint): 9.3 ("E" of "Zone" faintly printed), 9.5 ("Zone" shifted to left), 11.1 ("Panawa" at right), 11.2 (left "Panama" 16mm long), 11.4 ("PA" spaced in right "Panama), 11.5 ("Panama"s 1½mm below bar), 11.6 (one "Panama" only), 11.7 (two "Panama"s close together), 11.8 (three "Panama"s), 11.9 ("Panama" split horizontally), 12a ("Canal" in antique type), 12.1 ("AL" of "Canal" spaced, also 12.17 and 12.27a), 12.2 ("N" antique in "Canal"), 12.4 ("L" antique in "Canal" and "Z" antique in "Zone"), 12.5 ("Z" antique in "Zone"), 12.7 ("Pamana" reading up at left), 12.11 (right "Panama" 5mm below bar), 12.14 ("Pan ma" at right), 12.15 ("Anama" at left), 12.18 (third "A" short in left "Panama"), 12.20 ("N" with double diagonal stroke in right "Panama"), 12.21 (third "A" shifted in right "Panama", with right "Panama" 5mm below bar), 12.24 (one "Panama" only), 12.26 (three "Panama"s), 13.1 ("AL" of "Canal" spaced, also 13.12), 13.2 ("N" antique in "Canal"), 13.5 ("E" of "Zone" faintly printed), 13.9 (right "Panama" 5mm below bar), 13.11 (defective letters in "Panama"s), 13.14 ("N" with thick left stroke in right "Panama"), 13.16 (one "Panama" only), 13.18 (three "Panama"s), and 13.19 ("Panama" split horizontally), many varieties contained in blocks, generally fine to very fine, a wonderful opportunity for the specialist that requires a close inspection

mint single (position 45), carmine overprint, stage I (14.Aa), also with "8" in Type C (14.13), very fine, only eight of this combination can exist, 1970 APS certificate for block of four (Scott $450 for 14b)