Lot 1027
Canal Zone, 1924, Unissued 5c-1b (69 footnote), complete set of seven, tropicalized original gum, F.-V.F. and rare.
Scott $2,450
All but 600 sets were destroyed in 1924, once the U.S. Post Office was no longer required to overprint the stamps of Panama. The 600 sets had already been sent to the U.P.U., which required about 400 sets for its membership. Only a small number of sets have made it onto the philatelic market.
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