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.
approximately 221 covers in three binders ranging from C1 through C53, begins with a few early flight covers including October 18, 1918 Atlantic-Pacific flight "Specimen" cover, December 29, 1925 Cristobal to Costa Rica flight, December 27, 1927 first commercial flight Balboa to Costa Rica, and August 3, 1937 Cristobal crash cover, for the regular Canal Zone airmail issues includes a mixture of commemorative flight covers, first days, and commercial/philatelic uses, better including C14 on cover (2), C20 first day cover, and much more, generally fine to very fine, an extraordinary collection which would take considerable effort to duplicate, obviously assembled over the course of decades and ideal for the specialist
includes the unique unused 6c and the unique 30c (used), 15c strip of four, 20c block of four, $1 pair, strip of three, strip of five, regular block of four, and tête-bêche block of four, and more, generally very fine, the authenticity of the 6c and 30c have been questioned and are being offered here as-is, a wonderful group for the specialist
horizontal pair with tête-bêche "P" perfin tied by October 24, 1938 Balboa Heights machine cancel to cover to Washington, DC, vertical crease away from stamps, very fine, one of four tête-bêche multiples on cover from this series
single tied by March 11, 1941 Diablo Heights machine cancel to legal-sized cover to Cleveland, Ohio, small stain touches stamp, otherwise very fine, fewer than 10 examples reported of this stamp on cover
tied by December 23, 1933 Balboa Heights machine cancel to cover to Washington, DC, light wear and toning, still fine, fewer than 20 reported examples of official "P" perfins on cover from this series
single used alongside 10c Orange (CO2) on cover to Minneapolis, Minnesota, stamps tied by April 1, 1943 Balboa Heights duplexes, vertical crease away from stamps, otherwise very fine and scarce with less than 1,500 copies of this alignment variety produced
single and two vertical strips of three, middle stamp of right strip the variety, used alongside 5c Green (CO1) on cover to Washington, DC, stamps tied by December 7, 1942 Balboa Heights duplexes, very fine and attractive cover with this scarce alignment variety
single from position 15 tied by June 12, 1943 Balboa duplex to official cover to San Jose, Costa Rica, very fine, just 1,500 examples printed of this alignment
single from position 17 tied by April 3, 1943 Balboa duplex to official cover to San Jose, Costa Rica, very fine, just 300 examples printed with this alignment
vertical pair with bottom stamp the variety, used alongside 30c Rose lake (CO5) on cover to Schenectady, New York, tied by March 27, 1943 Diablo Heights duplexes, torn backflap, otherwise very fine and scarce
single from position 17 tied by April 17, 1943 Balboa machine cancel to cover to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, very fine and scarce with just 700 copies of this alignment produced
single used alongside 30c Rose lake (CO5), tied by Balboa Heights duplex to June 1, 1944 cover to Bogota, Colombia, toned perforation tips, otherwise very fine, just 1,000 examples of this spacing produced