| 1920 Pictorials through 1924 Coat of Arms - Scott #58-69 |
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Lot 103 |
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Canal Zone 1920, 50c orange & black (58), block of four. Slightly disturbed o.g. Bright and fresh F.-V.F.
Scott $1,375
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Lot 104 |
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Canal Zone 1920, 50c orange & black (58), vertical block of eight. Mule cork cancels. Fresh and Fine. Said to be the largest recorded used multiple of this stamp.
Scott $1,600+
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Lot 105 |
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Canal Zone 1920, 1b dark violet & black (59), upper right corner block of four with part imprint and plate #F-6272 in violet and in black. O.g. Clerks blue pencil "16" in selvage. Very Fine.
Scott $750
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Lot 106 |
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Canal Zone 1920, 1b dark violet & black (59), used block of 20, position 7-10/47-50, with position 40 being the 10 mm spacing variety, barely legible Cristobal double circle postmarks. Scrape and small hole stamp #12 in block. Otherwise F.-V.F.
Scott $1,560+
THIS IS THE LARGEST RECORDED USED BLOCK OF THE $1 VALUE.
Large blocks of the high values were most often used to ship crates of gold from Cristobal to New York.
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Lot 107 |
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BK
Canal Zone 1921, 1c green (60b), mostly dry o.g. Light all-over toning. F.-V.F.
Scott $1,000
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Lot 108 |
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Canal Zone 1921, 2c and 10c values, inverted overprints (61a, 63a), sheet margin blocks of four. Slightly dry o.g. Fresh and F.-V.F.
Scott $1,160
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Lot 109 |
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Canal Zone 1921, 2c carmine, double overprint (61b), upper left corner margin single. Slightly dry o.g. Fresh and F.-V.F.
Scott $900
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Lot 110 |
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BK
Canal Zone 1921, 2c carmine (61f), with full tab. Mostly dry o.g. F.-V.F.
Scott $2,100
About half of the recorded examples of this pane were torn from booklets, thereby removing the tab.
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Lot 111 |
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Canal Zone 1921, 24c black brown and 50c black (65-66), upper right corner blocks of four each with order #F-6784. Mostly dry, lightly toned o.g. Very Fine.
Scott $1,100+
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Lot 112 |
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Canal Zone 1921, 24c black brown and 50c black (65-66), used blocks of four. F.-V.F. and scarce.
Scott $600
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Lot 113 |
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Canal Zone 1924, 1c green (67), horizontal pair, light wavy line machine cancel. Light toning on reverse of left stamp.
Scott $400+
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Lot 114 |
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Canal Zone 1924, 1c green (67), horizontal block of eight. Exceptionally well centered. Toned o.g. with toning heavy in spots but mostly confined to the reverse, though visible to some degree on the front. Otherwise a Very Fine and rare multiple.
Scott $4,500
The "Mt. Hope" overprint on the 1¢ Vallarino was apparently not noticed by collectors and consequently most were used for postage. This fact combined with an estimated issue of only 15,000 examples just prior to the release of the 1¢ Coat of Arms, resulted in there being perhaps as few as 500 unused examples in existence, with a large percentage of those being poorly centered and having interleaving adhering to the gum.
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Lot 115 |
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Canal Zone 1924, 1c green, "ZONE CANAL" reading down (67a-b), left sheet margin se-tenant pair. O.g., hinge remnant. Slight thin in the "ZONE CANAL" (right) stamp, couple short perforations at top left.
Scott $2,750
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Lot 116 |
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Canal Zone 1924 Unissued 5¢-$1 Coat of Arms (69 footnote), complete set of seven. Dry o.g. as always. Fresh and F.-V.F. Only about a dozen complete sets have been recorded. CZSG 69A-G.
Scott $2,450
The decision to begin using overprinted U.S. stamps in the Canal Zone beginning on July 1, 1924 resulted in the cancellation of plans to release the seven high values of the Coat of Arms set. Panama requested that 600 sets be sent to them, ostensibly for transmission to the U.P.U. in Switzerland. Soon after that request was complied with, however, sets became available from stamp dealers in Panama, France, and England. It is assumed, therefore, that the small quantity of sets now in collector's hands are from this group of 600 sets sent to Panama. The balance of the supply was destroyed in 1937.
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