United States Stamps continued...

**Canal Zone continued...**
Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
1781		85a	#85a, 3c Violet, "Zone Zone" error, being the center stamp in a block of nine, deep intense color, usual centering for this, slightly tropicalized o.g., fine; a scarce error. (Image)	600.00 SOLD for $190.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1782		86b	#86b, 5c Blue, "Canal" inverted, horizontal pair, positions 7-8LR, position 7 being the error, well centered, deep color, slightly tropicalized o.g., very fine; only 32 examples are recorded; ex-Plass and illustrated in Canal Zone Stamps. (Image)	950.00 SOLD for $600.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1783		91a	#91a, 17c Black, "Zone" only, bottom sheet-margin single, very fresh, well centered, o.g., very fine; one of the finest of the twenty errors printed; ex-Plass. (Image)	900.00 SOLD for $450.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1784	BP	97b	#97b, 2c Carmine, booklet pane of six, fresh pane, with deeply rich color, intact perforations, clean o.g., minor h.r., fine-very fine; 1984 PF certificate. (Image)	525.00 SOLD for $300.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1785	BP	97b	#97b, 2c Carmine, booklet pane of six, deep intense color, fresh o.g., lightly hinged, fine. (Image)	525.00 SOLD for $170.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1786	BP	115c	#115c, 3c Deep violet, handmade booklet pane of six, perforated margins, fresh and intact, clean o.g., n.h., fine; 1999 PF certificate. (Image)	for hinged 210.00 SOLD for $70.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1787		132	#132, 18c Rose pink, full pane of 50, with selvages at left and bottom including plate block at bottom, well centered, bright color, o.g., n.h., a few minor gum bends and small spot on gum on position 49, tiny tear in position 1, overall a very fine pane.	590.00+ SOLD for $180.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1788		157a	#157a, 4c Black, Thatcher Ferry Bridge omitted, position 18, a superb mint example of this, one of the most famous printing errors in philately, flawlessly centered within large margins, brilliantly fresh, o.g., n.h., an extremely fine gem; one full sheet of 200 (which was cut into four panes of 50) was inadvertently printed without the silver bridge, only one of these panes of 50 ever made it into the public's hands, in this case the famous stamp dealer H.E. Harris, who successfully sued the Canal Zone Postal Administration preventing them from deliberately printing tens of thousands of similar errors (much like the famous U.S. Dag Hammaeskjold error), of the three panes that never made it into the public's hands, one pane of 50 each were laminated and donated to the Smithsonian Institution and the Canal Zone government, while the third pane was destroyed, leaving 50 stamps for the collecting public; this is position 18 (as indicated by a small light pencil position number on the reverse of the stamp) and is accompanied by a 1992 PF certificate. (Image)	7,500.00 SOLD for $6,250.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1789		157a	#157a, 4c Black, Thatcher Ferry Bridge omitted, position 31 from the error sheet, with left sheet margin, perfectly centered, o.g., lightly hinged, extremely fine; a great modern rarity, as only one pane of fifty was ever released into the philatelic market; ex-Plass. (Image)	7,500.00 SOLD for $5,000.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1790		157a	#157a, 4c Black, Thatcher Ferry Bridge omitted, the unique top left corner sheet margin block of four from the only error sheet of fifty that ever reached the public's hands, positions 1-2/6-7 (numbered positions noted very lightly in pencil on reverse), brilliantly fresh and bright, beautifully centered, o.g., n.h., extremely fine; a showpiece multiple of one of the most famous errors in all of philately; 1993 PF certificate. (Image)	as n.h. singles 30,000.00+ SOLD for $23,000.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1791		C25a	#C25a, 31c Cerise, imperforate vertically, horizontal pair with guide line at right, bright color, nicely centered for this, o.g., lightly hinged, left stamp with natural gum crease, still very fine; only 98 pairs were produced; ex-Plass. (Image)	1,000.00 SOLD for $700.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1792	O	CO14a	#CO14a, 6c Yellow brown air post official, inverted overprint, natural s.e. at right, fresh color, c.t.o. cancel as always, nearly very fine; signed Kessler and accompanied by a 1975 APS certificate. (Image)	2,500.00 SOLD for $1,250.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1793		J15/19	#J15/19, Postage due cover lot of ten items, two are with #J15 and J16, the others are #J18 or J19, good range of cancels and markings, fine-very fine (Scott catalog $582.00).	Est. 200-300 SOLD for $400.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1794		J17a	#J17a, 10c Orange, "Postage Due" double, position 36 from the single sheet of 100, very well centered, fresh color, slightly tropicalized o.g. as always, very fine; ex-Plass. (Image)	500.00 SOLD for $250.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1795		J17b	#J17b, 10c Orange, "POSTAG" for "POSTAGE" error, mint block of four, positions 83-84/93-94, the left two stamps being the errors, which were the only two positions that produced the errors, brilliant color, tropicalized o.g., fine-very fine; signed Rendon. (Image)	900.00+ SOLD for $525.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1796	/	J18a	#J18a, 1c Carmine rose, "Zone Zone" error, top right corner margin block of twelve, with part arrow in selvage, position 18 being the error stamp, rich color, full clean o.g., error stamp and some others never hinged, some perf. separation, a very fine and handsome showpiece; only fifteen examples have been recorded. (Image)	1,250.00+ SOLD for $850.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1797	O	O8	#O8, 50c Rose lilac, Ty. 1A ovpt., better centering than normal, c.t.o. cancel as always, very fine; signed Rendon. (Image)	550.00 SOLD for $270.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1798	O		Canal Zone valuable balance of a large mostly mint collection on album pages, not only does it contain a nearly complete run of all Scott major numbers, but is well filled with varieties, errors, booklet panes, blocks, etc., there are numerous items cataloging $100.00-$400.00 each and some higher, some minor faults are present but the overall condition is much nicer than normally encountered on these difficult stamps; Canal Zone collections are rarely offered with this many scarce items present; the total catalog value should exceed $20,000.00.	Est. 3,000-4,000 SOLD for $11,500.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1799		U1/UXC2	Canal Zone mostly mint postal stationery collection of several dozen envelopes or postal cards including air post issues, catalog values to $375.00 (#U3 used), some slight duplication (including different UPSS numbers), a couple of better items with slight toning, otherwise a clean and fine-very fine collection.	2,170.00 SOLD for $675.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM
1800			Canal Zone bonds, 66 bonds from 1886-1904, all written in French with "Campagnie Universelle Canal Interoceanique de Panama" at top, about a dozen are the smaller sized blue bonds (see photo), others are mostly the larger sized red bonds, many with French or special "Canal Interoceanique de Panama" revenue stamps tied, various other handstamp markings also applied, condition a little mixed as expected; an unusually large group of these interesting collateral items. (Image)	Est. 1,000-1,500 SOLD for $2,000.00 Closing..Oct-17, 04:00 PM