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.
10 mint panes including positions A, B, H, J, and L, four from position D with plate numbers 132718, 132719, 132720, and 132721, additionally complete booklet of two panes (117a.2b, positions J and K), generally fine to very fine
complete booklet with tab (position H), tied by Balboa rollers with April 21, 1942 handstamp alongside to cover to New York City, censor tape at left, very fine and rare
two panes, horizontal format with tab at left, very fine, ex-Joyce (Scott $320 as panes)
two panes, horizontal format with tab at right, panes inverted with relation to cover, very fine (Scott $320 as panes)
two panes, horizontal format with tab at left, back cover inverted (printing on inside), very fine (Scott $320 as two panes)
two panes, vertical format with tab at bottom, each with plate number 129223, very fine and scarce thus (Scott $320 as normal panes)
third printing, mint lower left plate number 22077 block of four, very fine, the unique discovery copy, see Canal Zone Philatelist Vol. 41, No. 1
never hinged single (position 37), extremely fine, just a single pane of 50 was produced, 1990 Philatelic Foundation certificate, (Scott $8,000)
sprawling collection complete for Scott major listings 96-165, additionally a huge number of varieties, majority mint, we note just the CZSG-listed varieties 1926 2c Sesquicentennial "E" of "Zone" under "L" of "Canal" (96.1b), "Can" of "Canal" faint (96.2), 4¾mm spacing (96.3b), 1926 2c Carmine "E" of "Zone" under "L" of "Canal" (97.1b), 11mm spacing (97.2), 1927 1c Green "E" of "Zone" under "C" of "Canal" (100.1a), "E" of "Zone" under "L" of "Canal" (100.1b), 9mm spacing (100.2), 1927 2c Carmine "E" of "Zone" under "L" of "Canal" (101.1b), 8¾mm spacing (101.2a), 9¾mm spacing (101.2b), 1930 10c Orange "E" of "Zone" under "C" of "Canal" (104.1a), "E" of "Zone" under "L" of "Canal" (104.1b), 9¾mm spacing (104.3), 1929 5c Blue badly misperforated with "Cents" at top and "5s" split (107.2), 1939 ½c Red orange "Canal Zone" below others in horizontal row (118.1), 1939 1½c Bister brown "Canal Zone" below others in horizontal row (119.1), also shade varieties, wet/dry printings, gum varieties, coil pairs, plate blocks, booklet panes, and complete booklets meticulously annotated, generally very fine, an extraordinary collection of the "modern" era of Canal Zone, ideal for the specialist looking to acquire a lion's share of the CZSG-listed varieties
complete pane with tab used alongside 1934 3c Red violet pair (117) on December 6, 1938 registered cover to McHenry, Maryland, stamps tied by Balboa Heights ovals, backstamped Balboa Heights, Cristobal, Philadelphia, and McHenry, very fine and scarce
184 covers and cards arranged chronologically in two binders, each with detailed annotations regarding the stamps and postmarks, a fair number of first days or other commemorative covers but many postally-used as well (both philatelic and commercial), better destinations including Haiti, New Zealand, and Sweden, generally fine to very fine, a wonderful selection of "modern" Canal Zone covers
includes 100, 105.B, 105.1, 108.B, 112.1, 113.1, 114.1a, 117.1, 118.A, 119.C, 119.D, 136, 137, 138.1, 138.1a, 147, 148.A, 150, 151, 152.1, 156, 157, 163, 164.A, 164.C, 165, C33, C34, C35, C36, C37, C38, C39, C40, C42, C43, C45, C48, C49, C51, C52, and C53 plus several precanceled complete sheets, light duplication, generally very fine and fresh