Lot 2065
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Canal Zone 1906, 2¢ red and black, "CANAL" only (21a), the right stamp in a horizontal strip of three. Tropicalized o.g. Very Fine.
Scott $4,000
THE UNIQUE EXAMPLE OF THIS ERROR AND A KEY TO THE COMPLETION OF CANAL ZONE ERRORS.
Expertization: 1969 A.P.S. Certificate.
Provenance: Plass
The error was caused by some paper coming between the type and the stamp as there is a weak uninked impression of "ZONE" on the stamp.
Illustrated in Canal Zone Stamps (detail) p. 72, fig. 6.2.
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