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**Canal Zone continued...**
Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
1761	BP	39g	#39g, 2c Vermilion and black, booklet pane of six, perforated margins, two panes still in the original booklet, with all interleaving still present, panes with usual clipped perfs. on one side, one pane with tropicalized o.g., other is stuck to the interleaving, causing some minor perf. staining, fine; scarce booklet panes. (Image)	2,000.00+ SOLD for $700.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1762		47	#47, 2c Orange vermilion and black, fresh mint single, bright colors, o.g., lightly hinged, a fine example of this rare stamp; photocopy of a 1978 APS certificate for a block of four, this being the bottom left stamp. (Image)	3,250.00 SOLD for $425.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1763		47	#47, 2c Orange vermilion and black, another fresh mint single, o.g., fine; photocopy of a 1978 APS certificate for a block of four, this being the top right stamp. (Image)	3,250.00 SOLD for $325.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1764	BP	52b	#52b, 1c Green and black, booklet pane of six, unusually well centered, strong intact perforations, tropicalized o.g., choice very fine; ex-Helme. (Image)	650.00 SOLD for $475.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1765		53b	#53b, 2c Vermilion and black, horizontal pair, right stamp without "Canal Zone", an eye-catching top right corner margin block of eight containing two example of this rare error, with job no. F-4068 in the top margin, incredibly well centered throughout, uncommonly fresh with bright colors, o.g., extremely fine; a magnificent showpiece multiple; only twenty error pairs were ever produced; ex-Helme. (Image)	4,000.00+ SOLD for $2,600.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1766	BP	53c	#53c, 2c Vermilion and black, booklet pane of six, well centered within large margins, strong colors, small part tropicalized o.g., minor perf. separation, very fine. (Image)	1,000.00 SOLD for $650.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1767		55 var.	#55 var., 1c Light green and black, "Canal Zone" omitted, the error being the bottom left stamp in a bottom left margin block of four, caused by a foldover which placed the overprint on the reverse of the corner selvage, o.g., choice very fine; this stamp was formerly listed as the unique #55f, as it is the only example that exists as a vertical pair, one with overprint omitted, it is now probably technically a #55c (horizontal pair, left stamp without overprint), although all other examples of #55c were caused by an overprint shift; this is clearly the most striking and desirable of the overprint omitted errors of this stamp; ex-Plass and illustrated in Canal Zone Stamps. (Image)	Est. 1,500-2,000 SOLD for $1,700.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1768		56a	#56a, 2c Orange vermilion and black, "Canal Zone" double, a wonderfully fresh and choice top sheet-margin block of four, with bicolored registration marker, very well centered, deep rich colors, pristine o.g., n.h. (short gum on top pair covering about 25% of the stamps), choice very fine; an especially desirable multiple of this error, of which only one pane of 100 was issued; 1969 APS certificate; ex-Helme. (Image)	for hinged 2,400.00+ SOLD for $1,500.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1769		56b	#56b, 2c Orange vermilion and black, "Canal Zone" double, one reading down, right sheet-margin block of four, rich fresh color, centered to the bottom as usual, full o.g., top pair h.r., fine; a rare multiple as only one pane of 100 was issued; ex-Helme. (Image)	2,600.00+ SOLD for $425.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1770	BP	56g	#56g, 2c Orange vermilion and black, booklet pane of six, nicely centered within large margins, fresh color, clean o.g., trivial h.r., very fine; ex-Plass. (Image)	850.00 SOLD for $750.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1771		56h	#56h, 2c Orange vermilion and black, "Canal" double, top right corner horizontal pair, the right stamp with the error, and with "Zone" in the right margin, deep color, o.g., some foreign matter adhering to gum, fine; only twenty errors were produced, ten of which have "Zone" in the selvage; ex-Plass. (Image)	1,000.00 SOLD for $850.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1772		57a	#57a, 5c Deep blue and black, horizontal pair, right stamp "Canal Zone" omitted, with usual narrow sheet margin at right, deep rich colors, nicely centered, o.g., sensible h.r. reinforcement, natural paper wrinkle, fine-very fine; only ten examples were ever printed; ex-Helme. (Image)	2,500.00 SOLD for $1,700.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1773	BP	60b	#60b, 1c Green, booklet pane of six, rich luxuriant color, unusually large margins all around, tropicalized o.g., very fine; ex-Helme. (Image)	900.00 SOLD for $675.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1774		61b	#61b, 2c Carmine, "Canal Zone" double, the top stamp in a vertical strip of three, the bottom two stamps normal, sheet margin at top, uncharacteristically fresh, nicely centered, o.g., sensible h.r. reinforcement, very fine; only about 50 examples exist, and no more than ten can exist in se-tenant combination with the normal stamp; ex-Helme. (Image)	900.00+ SOLD for $850.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1775	BP	61f	#61f, 2c carmine, booklet pane of six, well centered, fresh color, tab reduced, tropicalized o.g., faint internal crease in top right stamp, otherwise a very fine example of this exceptionally scarce booklet pane; ex-Plass. (Image)	2,100.00 SOLD for $1,300.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1776		67a	#67a, 1c Green, "Canal Zone" inverted reading down, an incomparable bottom right corner margin block of four of this very scarce error, which also has "Canal" printed in the right margin, wonderfully fresh, with strong color on clean paper, o.g., stamps n.h. with small natural gum skips, lightly hinged in the selvage only, trivial perf. separation in selvage, very fine for this; only 90 examples of this error exist, and only ten can exist with "Canal" in the selvage, this block containing by far the best centered examples of these; 1982 PF certificate; ex-Helme. (Image)	for hinged 3,400.00+ SOLD for $2,300.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1777		67b	#67b, 1c Green, "Zone" only, reading down, a very rare se-tenant pair, the left stamp being "Zone" only, while the right stamp has "Canal Zone" reading down (#67a, which is scarce in its own right), strong colors, centered to the right as always, o.g., fine; only ten examples of #67b exist; signed Bartels; ex-Helme. (Image)	2,750.00 SOLD for $2,300.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1778		71d	#71d, 1c Deep green, "Zone Canal", well centered and fresh, slightly tropicalized o.g., very fine; only 180 issued; ex-Plass. (Image)	500.00 SOLD for $280.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1779		76a	#76a, 12c Violet, "Zone" inverted, fresh color, natural straight-edge at right which is necessary for this error, o.g., minor h.r., fine; one of the rarest of all of the 1924-28 Overprint errors, with only two unused and seven used examples recorded; 1953 PF certificate; ex-Pierrepont, Robinette, Conger, Plass and illustrated in Canal Zone Stamps; (Image)	3,750.00 SOLD for $3,250.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1780	O	76a	#76a, 12c Violet, "Zone" inverted, remarkably, we have a second example of this error rarity, this being one of the seven known used examples, deep rich color, the natural straight-edge at right has been privately perforated to improve the appearance, also a small repair at top not readily apparent, fine appearance; this is actually one of the most attractive used examples of this error, as most are quite defective, in fact in Canal Zone Stamps, the authors note "Apparently all of the used copies have various defects and probably were used on parcel post packages or possibly registered mail."; 1997 PF certificate accompanies. (Image)	3,000.00 SOLD for $1,050.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM