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.
legal-sized cover prepared by Coveleski on December 17, 1913 at Paraiso and franked with 15 stamps, shades including 1c light green, dark green, and blue green (probably a changeling), 2c orange red, scarlet, and carmine lake, 5c light blue, light ultramarine, blue, and dull blue, 8c reddish purple and purple, and 10c violet, additionally 2c overprint reading up (21) and 2c overprint reading down with dark purple overprint (23.2), very fine and extremely eye-catching, this cover provides a perfect study of the shades of the fifth series, ex-Plass
single tied by Cristobal Railway Mail Service datestamp to picture postcard to Washington, DC, depicting the Cristobal Crane and sunken French machinery, card faulty at top left, otherwise fine example of this attractive variety on card
tied by February 28, 1908 Gatun duplex to picture postcard to Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, depicting Bolivar Street in Colon, light age spots, very fine, rare variety on cover
single used alongside Panama 1906 2½c Red orange (188) on United States 1904 2c Carmine entire, tied by January 24, 1907 Ancon duplexes, addressed to Ann Arbor, Michigan, light edge wear, although philatelic a very fine and attractive "three country" franking, illustrated in the Canal Zone Philatelist (Vol. 12, No. 3), ex-Plass
6¾mm spacing (23.B), overprint split vertically with "L" of "Canal" at top, tied by Ancon duplex to June 14, 1909 cover to Memphis, Tennessee, slightly reduced at left, very fine and scarce variety
horizontal pair used alongside pair of 1906 2c Red & black with overprint reading up (21), normal 1906 2c Red & black (23), and 1909 2c Vermilion & black (27), all tied by Ancon cancels to locally-addressed November 9, 1909 registered cover, left stamp of the error pair with small scuff, cover with vertical filefold and slightly reduced at left, the only example of this error on cover and one of the great rarities of the Canal Zone, an exhibit-quality item which has been missing from very nearly every collection, 2005 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $2,000 for used)
single with 7¼mm spacing on soft paper, tied by March 3, 1908 duplex to cover to Zurich, Switzerland, stamp small internal fault, otherwise fine and attractive
single with 7¼mm spacing, used alongside 1906 5c Ultramarine & black (24.1a) on cover to London, both stamps tied by March 15, 1907 Cristobal duplex, backstamped London April 4, very fine
7¼mm spacing (25.A), used alongside 1906 2c Red & black (23.A) on July 6, 1908 registered cover from Cristobal to Providence, Rhode Island, Cristobal boxed registry handstamp, Schanzenbecher backstamp, very fine
used alongside 1906 5c Ultramarine & black (24) and 1909 2c Vermilion & black (32) on reverse of February 15, 1910 registered cover from Bas Obispo to Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, boxed Cristobal registry handstamp, fine cover to a rare destination
single with 7¼mm spacing, used alongside 1906 5c Ultramarine & black (24.1a) on cover to London, both stamps tied by August 5, 1907 Empire registry datestamp, boxed Cristobal registry handstamp and New York exchange label, backstamped Cristobal and New York, very fine
single on legal-sized registered cover from Cristobal to Providence, Rhode Island, June 5, 1908 Cristobal registry datestamp and boxed handstamp, light wear, fine and scarce (Scott $100)