Lot 2135
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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