U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
April 29-30, 2014

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #159
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,
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Catalog #22g
Catalog Value $3,750
Price Realized
$2,000.00

Lot #160
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 (the first example of this error was discovered in 1932 (23 years after issue) by George W. Wirth, who 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, the last of the four known, was discovered in 1979 and is by far the best centered of the four. It is on bright paper, with deep rich color, with violet Cristobal cds. 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. A faint crease, not mentioned on the accompanying 2004 Philatelic Foundation certificate, does not detract from this most attrac
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Catalog #31a
Catalog Value $22,500
Price Realized
$19,000.00

Lot #161
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,
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Catalog #33a
Catalog Value $375
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #162
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)
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Catalog #39e
Catalog Value $2,600
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #163
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 certificate,
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Catalog #47
Catalog Value $3,250
Price Realized
$1,800.00

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