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Lot 2101 |
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Canal Zone 1909, 2¢ vermilion and black, handmade booklet pane of six (32c), in the vertical format with stitched tab at bottom, exceptionally well centered, strong and fully intact perforations. O.g., lightly hinged at top, four are never hinged. Extremely Fine and choice.
Scott $750
Expertization: 1997 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 2102 |
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BK
Canal Zone 1909, 2¢ vermilion and black, handmade booklet pane of six (32c), in the vertical format, stapled at bottom still in salmon 49¢ type B covers, dry o.g., front cover soiled, Fine, also includes a partial pane of four, horizontal format, stitched at left in tan 25¢ type B covers.
Scott $750+
Provenance: Leeds
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Lot 2103 |
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BK
Canal Zone 1909, 2¢ vermilion and black, error booklet (32c), four vertical format panes, stitched at top, in unexploded booklet salmon style B covers intended for the 25¢ booklet of four 1¢ panes, exceptionally fresh with. Full o.g., never hinged and free of the usual interleaving adherance. Very Fine.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
A CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE BOOKLET OF WHICH ONLY SEVEN ARE RECORDED, ONLY TWO OF WHICH HAVE NO INTERLEAVING ADHERANCE.
A small press run of covers for the 1¢ booklet was mistakenly made on the salmon stock set aside 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.
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Lot 2104 |
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BK
Canal Zone 1909, 2¢ vermilion and black error booklet (32c), four vertical format panes, stitched at top, in unexploded booklet salmon style B covers intended for the 25¢ booklet of four 1¢ panes interleaving adherences to two of the four panes, all of which have slight gum soaks. Otherwise a fresh Very Fine and rare booklet, only seven are recorded.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
Provenance: Leeds
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Lot 2105 |
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BK
Canal Zone 1909, 2¢ vermilion and black, handmade booklet pane of six (32c (C2SG 32c.5)), four vertical format panes stitched at bottom in an unexploded salmon 49¢ booklet from the second 1912 booklet issue two with full perforations, two a bit trimmed, exceptionally fresh. Full fresh o.g., never hinged and without a trace of interleaving disturbance. Very Fine and choice.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,100
CERTAINLY ONE OF THE FINEST QUALITY UNEXPLODED BOOKLETS EXTANT.
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Lot 2106 |
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Canal Zone 1909, 5¢ deep blue and black, double overprint (33a), left sheet margin single, particularly deep color, well centered. O.g., never hinged. Fresh and choice Very Fine, only 200 were issued.
Scott $375
Expertization: 1999 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 2107 |
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Canal Zone 1909, 5c deep blue & black, double overprint (33a), average centering, tied, along with 2¢ and 5¢ type II (39, 40) by 7-bar cancellation on registered cover from Empire to the United States, two different "registered" handstamps, reverse with "Empire May 15 1914" registry postmarks, along with Cristobal, New York and Fitchburg Mass. backstamps, Fine and extremely rare commercial usage.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
Provenance: Leeds
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Lot 2108 |
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Canal Zone 1909, 5c deep blue & black (33, 36), tied by large cross cancellations on registered cover to France, purple "Registered" handstamp, matching "Culebra, Canal Zone Registered May 7 1914" origin backstamps, reverse also with Cristobal, New York and Bordeaux datestamps, reduced slightly at left from opening, Very Fine and uncommon destination.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 2109 |
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Canal Zone 1910, 8¢ violet and black, vertical pair, one without overprint (34a), sheet margin at top as always, bright color. Full o.g., lightly hinged. Fresh and Fine.
Scott $1,750
A RARE EXAMPLE OF THIS OVERPRINT VARIETY OF WHICH ONLY TEN ARE RECORDED.
Provenance: Plass
The overprint was shifted down one row on at least one sheet, causing the error. On the same sheet the bottom selvage received the overprint due to the shift creating the variety of ten bottom margin stamps with "CANAL ZONE" printed in the bottom selvage.
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Lot 2110 |
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Canal Zone 1911, 10¢ on 13¢ gray, "10 cts" inverted (36a), well centered. Slightly disturbed o.g. Very Fine.
Scott $325
Expertization: 1994 A.P.S. Certificate.
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Lot 2111 |
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Canal Zone 1911, 10¢ on 13¢ gray, "10 cts" inverted and "10 cts" omitted (36a, 36b), each with sheet margin. O.g. (36a partly dry). F.-V.F.
Scott $650
Expertization: 36b, 1984 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Leeds
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Lot 2112 |
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BK
Canal Zone 1913, 1¢ greenand black, machine made booklet pane of six (38b), well centered, exceptionally fresh with crisp perforations and full never hinged o.g. Very Fine.
Scott $625 for hinged
Expertization: 1996 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 2113 |
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BK
Canal Zone 1913, 1¢ green and black, handmade booklet pane of six (38c), position D, stitched tab with partial imprint at top right and fresh, strong perforations slightly trimmed at right but much less than usual. Full fresh o.g., small hinge remnant at top. Very Fine and choice.
Scott $1,000
Provenance: Helme
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Lot 2114 |
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Canal Zone 1913, 1c green & black (38), strips of six and five plus four singles tied by "Havanna Cuba Mar 13 1916" duplex postmarks, on cover to Chicago Ill., large "Paquebot" handstamp, flap with "Hotel Washington Colon" cachet, Very Fine and most unusual.
Estimate 250 - 300
Provenance: Leeds
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Lot 2115 |
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Canal Zone 1912, 2¢ vermilion and black, two overprint varieties (39 var), "C NAL ONE" and weakly printed "AL" and "E", unused. F.-V.F., only one of each recorded. CZSG 39.5e, 39 var.
Estimate 400 - 500
Provenance: Spielberg, Leeds
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Lot 2116 |
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Canal Zone 1912, 2¢ vermilion and black, horizontal pair, right stamp without overprint (39a), top right corner margin pair with plate number, bright color. Part o.g. Very Fine.
Scott $1,250
Expertization: 1993 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Plass
Only 20 were printed, this is one of two possible plate number pairs.
Illustrated in Canal Zone Stamps, p. 90, fig. 7.22.
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Lot 2117 |
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Canal Zone 1912, 2¢ vermilion and black, missing overprint (39b, 39 var.), left sheet margin pair accompanied by a right sheet margin pair showing a trace of "CANAL" printed on the selvage. O.g., lightly hinged. Fresh and Very Fine.
Scott $1,750+
ONE OF ONLY TWO PAIRS IN EXISTENCE OUTSIDE OF THE JUSTI-HELME BLOCK OF 80 WHICH CONTAINS THE OTHER EIGHT PAIRS OF THE TEN ISSUED.
Provenance: Leeds
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Lot 2118 |
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BK
Canal Zone 1912, 2¢ vermilion and black, machine made booklet pane of six (39c), outstanding centering, exceptionally bright and fresh, full never hinged o.g. Extremely Fine and choice.
Scott $550+
Expertization: 1997 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 2119 |
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BK
Canal Zone 1912, 2¢ vermilion and black, machine made booklet pane of six (39c), crisp and intact. O.g., very lightly hinged. F.-V.F.
Scott $550
Expertization: 1996 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 2120 |
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Canal Zone 1912, 2¢ vermilion and black, inverted center, overprint reading down (39e), outstanding centering, deep rich colors. O.g., lightly hinged. Extremely Fine and choice.
Scott $600
Expertization: 2003 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 2121 |
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Canal Zone 1912, 2¢ vermilion and black, inverted center, overprint reading down (39e var.), single taken from a handmade booklet (39f) with stitching running through top margin, bright color. O.g., with interleaving adhering. Fine and perhaps unique.
Scott $600
Provenance: Leeds
The sewing machine holes are the only means of identifying a booklet pane single from an ordinary sheet stamp. Normally these holes would be in the sheet margin tab.
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Lot 2122 |
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Canal Zone 1912, 2¢ vermilion and black, inverted center, overprint reading down (39e), block of four. O.g., lightly hinged. Fresh and Fine.
Scott $2,400 for singles
Expertization: 1995 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 2123 |
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BK
Canal Zone 1912, 2¢ vermilion and black, handmade booklet pane of six (39g), first printing in the vertical format with stitched tab at bottom, quite well centered, crisp and intact perforations, full fresh o.g., never hinged. Choice Very Fine.
Scott $1,000
Expertization: 1998 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 2124 |
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BK
Canal Zone 1912, 2¢ vermilion and black, handmade booklet pane of six (39g), first printing in the vertical format with stitched tab and registration marker bottom, position L, exceptionally well centered. Full o.g., hinge remnant. Fresh and Very Fine.
Scott $1,000
Expertization: 1985 APS Certificate and 1986 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Leeds
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Lot 2125 |
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BK
Canal Zone 1912, 2¢ vermilion and black, handmade booklet pane of six (39g), early printing in the horizontal format, position F with stitched tab and partial guide line at left, well centered, exceptionally fresh with bright color and full never hinged o.g. Choice Very Fine, accompanied by interleaving and covers.
Scott $1,000+
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Lot 2126 |
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BK
Canal Zone 1912, 2¢ vermilion and black, handmade booklet pane of six (39g), 8.5mm spacing in the horizontal format with tab at right, inverted in an unexploded 25¢ booklet, cover style B on tan stock, panes reasonably well centered and fresh with full never hinged o.g., without a trace of interleaving disturbance. Extremely Fine.
Scott $2,000 for hinged loose panes
A CHOICE EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE RAREST UNEXPLODED BOOKLETS OF THE CANAL ZONE.
The booklet panes with the 8.5mm spacing are very scarce because they come only from part of the earliest made Type II overprint booklets comprising only about 20% of the entire production, plus this is in the scarcer horizontal format (only four horizontal for every ten vertical format booklets were produced), in addition, the cover stock was changed from tan to blue part way through the production of these first printing booklets, therefore the first printing booklet on tan stock are major rareties, only a few of which have survived, especially in such choice quality.
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Lot 2127 |
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BK
Canal Zone 1912, 2¢ vermilion and black, handmade booklet pane of six (39g), four panes in the vertical format with tab at top, from the second printing with 9.25mm spacing, unexploded 49¢ booklet containing four panes, cover style B on salmon stock. O.g., interleave adhering. Some perf separations. Otherwise Fine for this rare complete booklet.
Scott $4,000 for four loose panes
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Lot 2128 |
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Canal Zone 1912, 5¢ deep blue and black with portrait of Cordoba from the 2¢ stamp (40a), well centered, light machine cancel. Minor small faults. Very Fine appearance.
Scott $10,000
A GREAT CANAL ZONE RARITY OF WHICH ONLY ABOUT TEN ARE RECORDED, AND MOST OF WHICH ARE DEFECTIVE.
Expertization: 2005 P.F. Certificate.
This was the first of these errors to be discovered and is known as the "Paris" copy. It was discovered in Paris, France in 1925 by C.S. Watson, a Los Angeles stamp dealer who claimed to have found it in a Canal Zone mixture. He then showed it to Eugene Costales, then with the Scott Stamp and Coin Company and Mr. Costales purchased the stamp.
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Lot 2129 |
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Canal Zone 1912, 5¢ type II oficial "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 300 - 400
Provenance: Leeds
Opposing position of "P" shows how many blocks were folded prior to perforating in order to perforate twice as many at once.
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Lot 2130 |
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Canal Zone 1915, 1¢ green and black, "CANAL ZONE" reading down (46a), slightly disturbed o.g. F.-V.F.
Scott $375
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Lot 2131 |
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Canal Zone 1915, 1¢ green and black, overprint reading down (46a), top left corner margin block of four with part imprint, light green shade from the second printing as always. Dry never hinged o.g. Fresh and F.-V.F., a very scarce positional piece as only two such blocks can exist.
Scott $1,500
Provenance: Leeds
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Lot 2132 |
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Canal Zone 1915, 1¢ green and black, "CANAL ZONE" double (46b), fresh color. O.g. F.-V.F.
Scott $350
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Lot 2133 |
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Canal Zone 1915, 1¢ green "CANAL ZONE" double (46b), from the pane where the overprints were widely spaced. O.g., lightly hinged. Very Fine, only 180 recorded.
Scott $350
Expertization: 1996 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 2134 |
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Canal Zone 1915, 1¢ green and black, "CANAL ZONE" double (46b), horizontal pair, with the overprint at a slight angle, from the closely placed overprint pane. Large part o.g. Fresh and Fine.
Scott $700+
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Lot 2135 |
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Canal Zone 1915, 1¢ green and black, "ZONE" double (46c), fresh color. Slightly tropicalized o.g. Very Fine.
Scott $4,250
A GREAT RARITY, ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED.
Expertization: 1993 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Plass
According to Canal Zone Stamps, two panes of 100 received a double overprint, on one pane the overprints were close together and on the other they were well apart. The latter pane is the one that produced the only two stamps with "ZONE" only of the second overprint.
Illustrated in Canal Zone Stamps, p. 95, fig. 7.36.
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Lot 2136 |
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Canal Zone 1915, 1c green & black (46), second printing, with "Canal" 10.5mm long, well centered horizontal pair with overprint shifted markedly to bottom and right, tied by "Ancon Canal Zone Feb 1922" (day slug missing) machine cancellation on cover to Philadelphia Pa.; small corner crease affects right stamp, a Very Fine usage. (CZSG 46.B).
Estimate 400 - 500
Provenance: Leeds
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Lot 2138 |
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Canal Zone 1920, 2¢ vermilion, shifted overprint (47), horizontal pair, with the overprint shifted so that "CANAL " appears in the middle and "ZONE" appears in the margin. Left stamp tiny scuff. Very Fine. A rarely seen variety, Canal Zone Stamps does not list any varieties for #47.
Estimate 400 - 500
Expertization: 1983 A.P.S. Certificate.
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Lot 2139 |
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Canal Zone 1915, 5¢ deep blue and black (48), top right corner sheet margin single, virtually perfect centering, post office fresh. Pristine o.g., never hinged. Extremely Fine and choice.
Scott $500 for hinged
Expertization: photocopy of 1997 P.F. Certificate for a block of ten.
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Lot 2140 |
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Canal Zone 1915, 5¢ deep blue and black (48 var.), overprint shifted dramatically to the lower left, first printing "CANAL" 10.7mm long. Dry o.g. Fresh and Very Fine. CZSG 48.A var.
Scott $500+
Provenance: Leeds
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Lot 2141 |
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Canal Zone 1915, 5¢ type II, official "P" perfin (48 var.), "P" horizontal, loop upward at right, neat wavy line machine cancel. F.-V.F. CZSG 48.A var.
Estimate 400 - 500
Provenance: Leeds
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Lot 2142 |
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Canal Zone 1918, 1¢ green and black, overprint reading down (52a), top right corner margin strip of four with imprint, plate numbers 2A (green) and 3A (black) and order #F-5634 in both green and black. Partly dry o.g. Small faults in selvage. Otherwise fresh and F.-V.F.
Scott $700+
Provenance: Leeds
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Lot 2143 |
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Canal Zone 1918, 2¢ vermilion and black, horizontal pair imperforate between (53 var.), top sheet margin pair from a booklet pane sheet having a wide vertical gutter between the stamps. O.g., never hinged. Fresh and F.-V.F. CZSG unlisted.
Estimate 500 - 600
ONLY 18 SUCH PAIRS ARE RECORDED.
Provenance: Leeds
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Lot 2144 |
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Canal Zone 1918, 2¢ vermilion and black, horizontal pair, right stamp without overprint (53b), with sheet margin at right, some sensible hinge reinforcement between stamps. O.g. Fine.
Scott $2,000
ONLY 20 EXAMPLES OF THIS ERROR WERE PRINTED.
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Lot 2145 |
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Canal Zone 1918, 2¢ vermilion and black, booklet pane of six (53c), dry o.g. Fresh and F.-V.F.
Scott $1,050
Provenance: Leeds
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Lot 2146 |
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BK
Canal Zone 1918, 2¢ vermilion and black, booklet pane of six (53c), quite well centered. Lightly disturbed o.g. Very Fine.
Scott $1,050
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Lot 2147 |
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Canal Zone 1921, 1¢ light green and black (55 var.), top left corner margin pair with horizontal perforations nearly through middle of stamps. Very Fine, a striking variety, only one sheet of 100 recorded. CZSG 55.1.
Estimate 200 - 300
Provenance: Leeds
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Lot 2148 |
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Canal Zone 1921, 1¢ light green and black, inverted overprint reading down (55a), top margin imprint block of four. O.g., lightly hinged. Fresh and F.-V.F.
Scott $1,200
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Lot 2149 |
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Canal Zone 1921, 1¢ light green and black, without overprint (55b), right stamp in horizontal pair with normal. Fresh colors. O.g. F.-V.F., only ten pairs were issued.
Scott $1,750
Expertization: photocopy of 1997 P.F. Certificate for a block of six.
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Lot 2150 |
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Canal Zone 1921, 1¢ light green and black, without overprint (55c), left stamp in top sheet margin pair with normal, reinforced separations. O.g., hinge remnant. Fresh and Fine, only 21 are recorded.
Scott $1,000
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