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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