Lot 2020
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Canal Zone 1904, 10¢ yellow, "CANAL ZONE" double (3b), top overprint heavy impression, slightly smudged, lightly cancelled. Small thin spot and faint corner crease at bottom left. Very Fine appearance.
Scott $15,000
ONLY TWO EXAMPLES OF THIS GREAT RARITY ARE RECORDED.
Expertization: 1967 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Plass, Drucker
In Canal Zone Stamps it is suggested that the second overprints were added due to the illegible first overprints, in the case of this example, being too smudgy and the other example being too light.
Illustrated in Canal Zone Stamps, p. 19, fig. 2.25.
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