U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
April 29-30, 2014
| Images | Description | Current 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, * 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 O 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, * 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)  **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, * Catalog #47 Catalog Value $3,250 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
