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 single, fresh and very fine, a rare spacing variety of this error (Scott $300 for normal 55a)
mint right margin pair, bright color, very fine and rare with only 10 issued from a single pane (Scott $1,750)
mint upper left corner margin pair, vertical crease entirely in the left selvedge, very fine and rare positional piece, just 21 pairs issued, 1993 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $1,100)
mint left margin horizontal pair with left stamp the error, vertical crease and some perforation strengthening between the stamps, partial "Canal" in selvage, very fine appearance, one of the rarest Canal Zone errors with a mere five examples recorded, the omission of the word "Canal" was caused by a fold-over, ex-Plass, 1993 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $4,000)
unused pane adhered to interleaving, also includes partial pane of three in original covers, pencil notation on front cover only, very fine appearance, a scarce pane particularly in a partial booklet such as this (Scott $2,250 for mint)
mint right margin strip of five with right stamp the error, the extra "Zone" overprint visible in selvage, fine and attractive, just 10 issued, this error was caused by a leftward shift of the overprint on the uncut sheet of 200, ex-Plass, 1994 Philatelic Foundation certificate as 55c (Scott $1,750)
mint block of four, very fine and scarce with just a single pane of 100 produced
mint bottom margin single, very fine and choice, just one pane of 100 produced (Scott $500)
mint right margin single, broken "L" in "Canal" variety, slightly oxidized, otherwise very fine, just 100 examples of this error produced, 2000 Philatelic Foundation certificate for verticle pair (Scott $500)
mint single, bright and fresh, fine and scarce with just one pane of 100 produced, 1990 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $600)
mint right margin pair, slightly disturbed gum and barest trace of oxidation, fine and rare, just 11 examples of this error were produced with 10 of those coming from a shifted overprint that omitted the entire righthand column of one pane, 1994 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $1,400)
mint left margin horizontal pair, vivid color, very fine and fresh, just 20 examples of this error were produced, 1991 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $1,000)