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Sale 279
The David J. Leeds Collection
of Canal Zone Stamps and Postal History
| Perforated "P" Officials and 1917 War Tax Essay |
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Lot 153 |
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Canal Zone 1912, 5c deep blue & black, type II, official "P" perfin (40), right sheet margin block of six, left two stamps "P" with loop down and to right, other four (and selvage) loop down and to left. O.g., hinge remnant. Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
Opposing position of "P" shows how blocks were folded prior to perforating in order to perforate twice as many at once.
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Lot 154 |
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Canal Zone 1915, 5c deep blue & black, type III, official "P" perfin (48 var.), "P" horizontal, loop upward at right, neat wavy line machine cancel. F.-V.F. CZSG 48.PP.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 155 |
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Canal Zone 1924, 1c green, type III, official "P" perfin (67 var.), "P" inverted, loop to right, split vertically. Light duplex obliterator. Fine and rare. CZSG 67.PP.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
Provenance: Coughlin
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Lot 156 |
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Canal Zone Collection of 20 official "P" perfins (37//63 var.), comprises mint #37, 39 pair, 40 block of four (later printing), 63, used #37, 38, 40 (first printing), 41, 52, 54-56 and 60-63, F-VF.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 157 |
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Canal Zone 1913, 1c green & black, overprinted "T/1-¢" (38 var.), an essay for a proposed war tax stamp. O.g. Short perf at top, toned, rare.
Estimate 300 - 400
The Canal Zone Director of Posts asked The Panama Canal Press to overprint some stamps and stationery in anticipation of complying with the Act of Congress of October 3, 1917, which called for an increase in certain postage rates in order to provide additional revenue for the war effort. It was subsequently determined that the tax would not apply to the Canal Zone postal system, as it was not under the jurisdiction of the Postmaster General, and the overprint was never issued.
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