Sale 279

The David J. Leeds Collection
of Canal Zone Stamps and Postal History


1909-10 Type I Overprint and 1911 10¢ on 13c - Scott #31-36
 
 
Lot Photo Description
Lot 56

Canal Zone 1909, 1c dark green & black, dramatic perf shift (31 var.), bottom sheet margin block of four with vertical perforations through center of stamp leaving each "stamp" with "ZONE CANAL" overprint. O.g., hinge remnant. Very Fine. A very striking variety. CZSG 31.A.1a.
Estimate 200 - 300
View details and enlarged photo
Lot 57
BK
Canal Zone 1909, 1c dark green & black (31c), vertical format, stitched tab at top, with interleaving. O.g. Fresh and Fine.
Scott $575
View details and enlarged photo
Lot 58

Canal Zone 1909, 2c vermilion & black, imperf horizontally (32a), well centered. Partly dry o.g. Very Fine. Only about 30 pairs recorded.
Scott $1,000
View details and enlarged photo
Lot 59
BK
Canal Zone 1909, 2c vermilion & black (32c), vertical format, stitched tab at bottom. Full, fresh o.g. Very Fine.
Scott $750
View details and enlarged photo
Lot 60
BK
Canal Zone 1909, 2c vermilion & black, error booklet (32c), four vertical format panes, stitched at bottom, in salmon colored style B covers intended for the 25¢ booklet of four 1¢ panes. Interleaving adheres to two of the four panes, all of which have light gum soaks. Otherwise a fresh Very Fine and rare booklet. Only about a half dozen are recorded.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000

A small press run of covers for the 1¢ booklet was mistakenly made on the salmon stock set inside for the 2¢ booklets rather than the lemon or pink stock meant for the 1¢ booklets. The workers assembling the booklets noted the color of the stock rather than the text and dutifully inserted 2¢ panes.

View details and enlarged photo
Lot 61
BK
Canal Zone 1909, 2c vermilion & black (32c), vertical format, stapled at bottom, still in salmon colored 49¢ style B covers. Dry o.g. Front cover soiled. Fine. Also includes a partial pane of four, horizontal format, stitched at left in tan style B 25¢ booklet covers.
Scott $750+
View details and enlarged photo
Lot 62

Canal Zone 1909, 5c deep blue & black (33), top sheet margin block of 20 from an early printing with "CANAL" 10.5 mm long, minor selvage flaws, stamps o.g., never hinged. A fresh F.-V.F. multiple.
Scott $1,125 ++
View details and enlarged photo
Lot 63

Canal Zone 1909, 5c deep blue & black, double overprint (33a), upper left corner block of four. O.g. Fresh and about Fine, scarce positional multiple, only two panes of 100 were discovered.
Scott $1,500+
View details and enlarged photo
Lot 64

Canal Zone 1911, 10c on 13c gray, "10 cts" inverted and "10 cts" omitted (36a, 36b), each with sheet margin. O.g. (36a partly dry). F.-V.F.
Scott $600

Expertization: 10 cts omitted 1984 P.F. Certificate.
View details and enlarged photo