| 1924-28 Overprints on U.S. Stamps - Scott #70-95 |
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Lot 117 |
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Canal Zone 1925, 14¢ dark blue, flat "A" (77, 77 var.), alignment variety, left plate #14512 block of 18 (3 x 6) from an upper left pane, middle vertical row with overprints .8 mm below left those on the left row and 1.4 mm below those on the right. O.g., never hinged except lower right stamp, minor gum skips. Very Fine. CZSG 77.2.
Scott $785 ++
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Lot 118 |
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Canal Zone 1925, 14¢ dark blue, flat "A" (77, 77 var.), alignment variety, irregular block of 46 from upper left pane of plate #14512 including both plate blocks, overprint on first two vertical rows noticeably lower than the rest, second row with position 2/62 lower still. O.g., natural gum skips, some major. F.-V.F. CZSG 77, 77.2.
Scott $1,870+
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Lot 119 |
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Canal Zone 1925, 3¢ violet, sharp "A", "ZONE ZONE" (85a), block of eight. O.g., lightly hinged. Error in second stamp in top row. F.-V.F.
Scott $600+
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Lot 120 |
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Canal Zone 1926, 5¢ dark blue, sharp "A", "ZONE ZONE" (86a), position 18 in a full lower right plate #16332 pane of 100. O.g., error never hinged with very light interleaving disturbance. Small tear in selvage of right plate block. F.-V.F.
Scott $1,250 ++
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Lot 121 |
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Canal Zone 1926, 5¢ dark blue, sharp "A", "CANAL" inverted (86b), position 7LR with straight edge at top as always, in pair with normal. Mostly dry o.g. About Fine.
Scott $950
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Lot 122 |
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Canal Zone 1926, 5¢ dark blue, sharp "A", "ZONE CANAL" and "ZONE" only (86e, f), lower left corner margin block of four with straight edge and split arrow at left, overprint slightly diagonal with "ZONE CANAL" (just split horizontally) on top stamps and "ZONE" only on bottom stamps, top stamps lightly hinged, bottom never hinged. F.-V.F. A very rare positional block. Only 90 of the "ZONE CANAL" and 10 of the "ZONE" only are recorded with the normal horizontal overprint. CZSG 86e.1, 86f.
Scott $4,650+
These are likely from a second pane of 100 with the overprint shifted upward. Due to the slightly diagonal orientation of the overprint, it is possible that the bottom row stamps at the right side of this pane would would have "ZONE" entirely omitted.
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Lot 123 |
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Canal Zone 1926, 5¢ dark blue, sharp "A", "ZONE CANAL" (86e), right sheet margin single. O.g., lightly hinged. About Fine. Only 90 issued.
Scott $325
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Lot 124 |
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Canal Zone 1926, 5¢ dark blue, sharp "A", "ZONE" only (86f), o.g., lightly hinged. Fresh and Fine. Only ten issued.
Scott $2,000
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Lot 125 |
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Canal Zone 1926, 5¢ dark blue, sharp "A" (86 var.), bottom sheet margin block of 30 from the lower right pane of plate #16363 with diagonal overprint shifted slightly to the right resulting in 16 stamps with overprint split vertically (including all six stamps in the plate block) and two split both vertically and horizontally. O.g. Minor separation. F.-V.F. CZSG 86.B.5a, c.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 126 |
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Canal Zone 1926, 5¢ dark blue, sharp "A" (86 var.), bottom sheet margin block of 16 from the lower right pane of plate #16365 with diagonal overprint shifted slightly, all 16 stamps with overprint split vertically. O.g. (all but two top corner stamps n.h.). F.-V.F. CZSG 86.B.5a.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 127 |
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Canal Zone 1926, 15¢ gray, sharp "A" (90), right margin block of four with plate #17432 and large 5-point star. O.g., lightly hinged. Slightly heavy gum breaker creases. Very Fine and an exceedingly rare plate block, listed by Scott only as a plate block of four but not priced. CZSG 90.B.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED PLATE BLOCKS OF FOUR AND THE ONLY ONE FROM PLATE 17432. THERE ARE NO RECORDED PLATE BLOCKS OF SIX (SEE THE NEXT LOT).
Only 142 sheets of 400 from four star plates (#17430, 17431, 17432 and 17433) were sent to the Canal Zone, with the star being printed only in the right margin of the upper right pane. Hence, a combined total of only 142 star plate blocks from all four plates could ever have existed .
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Lot 128 |
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Canal Zone 1926, 15¢ gray, sharp "A" (90), right margin block of four with plate #17432 and large 5-point star. O.g., lightly hinged. F.-V.F. CZSG 90.B.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
ANOTHER OF ONLY THREE RECORDED PLATE BLOCKS FROM A STAR PLATE; A NEWLY DISCOVERED SECOND EXAMPLE FROM PLATE 17433 (SEE PREVIOUS LOT).
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Lot 129 |
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Canal Zone 1926, 17¢ black, sharp "A", "ZONE" only (91a), lower right sheet margin single, position 100, with split arrow and natural straight edge. O.g., lightly hinged. Very Fine. Only 20 issued, all from the bottom row of two lower left panes.
Scott $900
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Lot 130 |
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Canal Zone 1926, $1 violet brown, sharp "A" (95 var.), position 51 having "CANAL" set in the wrong font. A Very Fine used example of this scarce variety. CZSG 95.1.
Estimate 300 - 400
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