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.
on legal-sized locally addressed cover postmarked Cristobal April 6, 1925, large "T" in circle due handstamp, very fine (Scott $110)
mint single, bright and fresh with choice centering, slightly disturbed gum, very fine and scarce with just 98 issued, 1990 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $800)
mint horizontal pair, right stamp the variety, partially separated and lightly tropicalized gum, fine example of this striking error, the "Postag Due" variety occurs on positions 83 and 93 of several panes but position 93 (offered here) is the more attractive and desirable of the two, 1990 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $750)
mint block of six with middle right stamp the error, folded along vertical perforations, very fine and choice, this error occurred in position 18 of the lower right pane, although 75 examples of the "Zone Zone" error were issued only approximately 15 are recorded (all in blocks), 1982 APEX certificate (Scott $1,500)
tied by October 1, 1925 Cristobal datestamp to locally-addressed cover, franked with 1925 ½c Olive brown, very fine and rare example of this variety on cover (Scott $125 for used)
second printing (J19.B), tied by grid to incoming January 2, 1927 cover to Ancon from Cristobal, franked with 1924 1c Deep green (71.B), cover corner nick, otherwise very fine and scarce
mint top right margin block of 12 (error the second stamp in the second row, position 18), few reinforced perforations, fine and fresh, 125 copies of this error were produced and 85 were destroyed, of the surviving 40 only about 15 are known to collectors (Scott $1,500)
two used blocks of four, first J20.4 (2½mm horizontal spacing between stamps), second J20.5 (3mm horizontal spacing between stamps), couple of separated perforations, fine and scarce pair of blocks (Scott $175)
never hinged left margin single with plate number 6555, first or third printing (J20.A), fresh and very fine, the first and third printings feature a clean-cut overprint, 1995 Philatelic Foundation certificate for block of four (Scott $150 for mint)
used single, fine and rare example of this striking shade, Canal Zone Stamps reports only a few copies are recorded, 1997 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $150)
never hinged single (position 73), bright color, typical centering for this difficult issue, very fine, just one pane of 100 errors was produced, 1970 and 1997 Philatelic Foundation certificates for block of four (Scott $450)
left margin imprint, star, and plate number 6555 block of 16, lower left stamp (position 51) with "Canal" in wrong font, target precancels, fresh and very fine, only 125 examples of this variety were issued, ex-Leeds