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Canal Zone - 1907-1929 Regular & Back of the Book Issues

Lots 1890-1899 Lots 1900-1905

Lot 1890 ()   

Canal Zone, 1907, 1¢ green & black, double overprint, without gum, attractively centered amid wide margins, rich colors, Very Fine and choice, with only 300 issued.
Scott No. 22e    $275.

Realized: $130

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Lot 1891    

Canal Zone, 1906, 2¢ red & black, double overprint, part tropicalized o.g., choice centering amid wide margins, rich vivid color, Very Fine, with only 100 examples issued.
Scott No. 23c    $700.

Realized: $400

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Lot 1892    

Canal Zone, 1906, 10¢ violet & black, imperf at bottom, full selvage at bottom, tropicalized o.g., light crease in selvage only, Fine and scarce, One of only 10 recorded examples of this variety.
Scott No. 26 var.    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $300

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Lot 1893 BK   

Canal Zone, 1912, 2¢ vermilion & black, complete booklet of four panes, front cover detached for display, each pane well centered, o.g., interleaving adheres, Very Fine.
Scott No. 39c    $2,200.

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Lot 1894 BK   

Canal Zone, 1921, 1¢ light green & black, well centered with full tab, bright and fresh, o.g., never hinged, small tear at bottom left, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott No. 55e    $2,250.

ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED COMPLETE BOOKLET PANES WITH TAB.

There were 6 examples of this booklet pane recorded, three with tab and three without. Most are badly centered unlike the example offered here.

Realized: $675

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Lot 1895    

Canal Zone, 1921, 2¢-10¢ definitives, inverted overprints, reading down, o.g., lightly hinged, each bright and fresh, rich colors, a Very Fine set, a scarce complete inverted overprint set.
Scott No. 61a, 62a, 63a    $350.

Realized: $170

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Lot 1896    

Canal Zone, 1924, 1¢ green, o.g., lightly hinged, fresh with strong bold color, attractive centering, Very Fine and choice.
Scott No. 67    $500.

Realized: $250

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Lot 1897    

Canal Zone, 1924, 1¢ green, tropicalized o.g., large margins, fresh with rich color, Very Fine.
Scott No. 67    $500.

Realized: $180

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Lot 1898    

Canal Zone, 1926 (May 29) Almirante to Canal Zone First Flight, cover bearing 1924, 2c Arms (236) tied by blue Almirante (5.29) duplex to Balboa Heights C.Z., purple "Via Air Mail" straightline handstamp, forwarded with Balboa Heights (6.3) duplex, Very Fine, Only 3 of the 20 covers Flown on this Survey Flight were saved, the rest were destroyed by Canal Zone Postal Authorities..
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $375

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Lot 1899    

Canal Zone, 1927 (Jan. 27) David to Cristobal First Flight, cover bearing 1924 ½c Arms (234) block of six, tied by purple "David, Ene 18 1927" duplex Fort De Lesseps, C.Z., typewriter endorsed "Via Air Mail", Cristobal (1.18) machine backstamp, Very Fine.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

This flight was headed by Major Dargue and was part of the U.S. Army Pan American Good Will flight. Only 25 pieces of mail were carried.

Realized: $750

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