U.S. & Worldwide Stamps
April 25-26, 2012
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #188 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS CANAL ZONE 1907 1c green and black, center and Canal Zone inverted, nicely centered with fresh colors, usual tropicalized original gum, light h.r. and small adhesion, v.f. Only 22 mint examples exist from the original sheet of 100, as 78 were used on mail before the error was discovered by a local philatelist named Elmer Ohlson, with 2002 PFC, ex-Helme, * Catalog #22g Catalog Value $5,000 | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #189 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS CANAL ZONE 1909 1c dark green and black, center inverted and Canal Zone reading down, a magnificent used example of one of the most famous of all of the Canal Zone errors, only four copies (!) all used, exist. George W. Wirth discovered the first copy of this error in 1932 (23 years after issue) and removed it from a postcard sent by a gentleman to his sister. The second example (with clipped perforations at left) was found in the 1950s. A third (badly defective) copy turned up in 1969. The example offered here was the last of the four, discovered in 1979 and by far the best centered of the four existing. In addition, it possesses deep rich color on bright paper, violet Cristobal cds, faint crease not mentioned on accompanying certificate, the perforations at right are scissor separated typical of the handmade booklet panes, which is also a trait of the other three examples, making it likely that the error sheet was produced in this way, which makes it even more astonishing that the error was not noticed; very fine O Catalog #31a Catalog Value $22,500 | Price Realized $18,500.00 |
 | Lot #190 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS CANAL ZONE 1909-10 5c deep blue and black, double overprint, l.h., fresh and fine with 2002 PFC, only 200 printed, * Catalog #33a Catalog Value $375 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #191 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS CANAL ZONE 1912 2c vermilion and black, center inverted, usual dried gum ("tropicalized original gum"), fine, with 2004 PFC, * Catalog #39e Catalog Value $650 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #192 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS CANAL ZONE 1912 2c vermilion & black, center inverted, block of four, n.h., usual gum toning, fine-v.f., with 1977 PFC (cat. value for hinged singles)  **Catalog #39e Catalog Value $2,600 | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #193 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS CANAL ZONE 1912 2c orange vermilion and black, centered to top, fresh and fine example of this rare stamp, with 2001 PSE cert., * Catalog #47 Catalog Value $3,250 | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
