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VERY FINE AND CHOICE. A RARE EXAMPLE OF THIS IMPERFORATE HORIZONTALLY ERROR. ONLY 20 PAIRS WERE ISSUED, AND MOST HAVE BEEN LOST TO PHILATELY.

According to Canal Zone Stamps, the top five rows of one pane were missing the horizontal perforations. Evidently most of the errors were used, as only three unused pairs and two strips of three (both with perforations at bottom) are known.

Ex Conger, Plass and Drucker. With 1969 A.P.S. certificate. Scott Retail as pair. (Image)

VERY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE 1907 ONE-CENT BALBOA WITH INVERTED CENTER AND OVERPRINT READING UP. ONLY 22 COPIES ARE KNOWN UNUSED.

According to Canal Zone Stamps, one pane of 100 was printed. It was sold in March 1909 to the Panama Railroad Co. and all but 22 copies were used before the error was discovered. Only about thirteen used copies were recovered after the error was noticed. The stamp offered here, with sheet margin at top, is especially desirable.

With 1989 P.S.E. certificate. (Image)

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 2-CENTESIMOS WITH DOUBLE OVERPRINT AND ONE READING "ZONE CANAL".

With 1975 A.P.S. certificate. (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE AND RARE EXAMPLES OF THESE OVERPRINT VARIETIES. ONLY THREE COPIES OF THE "CANAL" ONLY ERROR ARE RECORDED, AND ONLY TWO COPIES OF THE "ZONE CANAL" VARIETY ARE RECORDED.

According to Canal Zone Stamps the error was caused by a shift in the overprint, causing "Canal" only to be printed in the last vertical row. Ten were printed, of which only three are known. Curiously, 90 examples of the "Zone Canal" stamps were printed, but only two are known.

Ex Plass. With 1969 A.P.S. certificate. (Image)

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. THE UNIQUE STRIP OF THREE CONTAINING THREE DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF THE OVERPRINT.

According to Canal Zone Stamps, the overprint was originally printed too far to the right, and the left vertical row did not receive an overprint. To correct the error, the printer turned the pane, intending to print just the one missing row. However, he placed the pane too far into the press, thus two rows received the inverted overprint.

There are five copies known with the double overprint (Scott 26a) and four known with the overprint reading up (Scott 26b). These were mostly contained in an irregular block of eight with four of No. 26b and three of 26a. The strip offered here was the bottom row of the block, and is unique with three different states of the overprint. One of the two singles of Scott 26a not contained in the block is offered in the following lot.

Ex Plass and Drucker. Illustrated in Canal Zone Stamps on p. 79. With 1969 A.P.S. (copy) and 1993 P.F. certificates. Scott Retail as singles (Image)

FINE AND RARE EXAMPLE OF THIS OVERPRINT VARIETY. IT IS BELIEVED THAT ONLY TEN WERE PRINTED.

This error was caused when a sheet was misfed into the press, causing the top row to miss receiving the overprint, which was printed in the bottom sheet margin instead. Accompanied by bottom right selvage corner margin block of four with "Canal Zone" printed in bottom selvage.

Ex Plass. Scott Retail for the pair only. (Image)

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. UNLISTED IN SCOTT OR THE CANAL ZONE STUDY GROUP BOOK, THIS ERROR IS BELIEVED TO BE UNIQUE.

Ex Joyce. With 1985 P.F. certificate. (Image)

VERY FINE. ONE OF THE RAREST OF ALL CANAL ZONE BOOKLET PANE ERRORS. LESS THAN TEN INTACT PANES ARE RECORDED.

According to Canal Zone Stamps most were broken up and used as postage. Ex Joyce. (Image)

VERY FINE AND CHOICE. ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE "ZONE" DOUBLE OVERPRINT. A GREAT RARITY OF THE ISSUE.

According to Canal Zone Stamps, two panes of 100 received a double overprint, both at an angle in relation to the first overprint. one pane had the overprints close together. Only two stamps received the "Zone" only of the second overprint.

Ex Plass. With 1993 P.F. certificate (Image)

VERY FINE AND CHOICE. A RARE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 2-CENTESIMOS ORANGE VERMILION AND BLACK.

The rarity of this stamp in unused condition is reflected by the difference in Scott Catalogue values of $3,250.00 unused versus $100.00 used. (Image)

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE PAIR FROM THE BOOKLET CONTAINING LEFT STAMP WITHOUT "CANAL ZONE" OVERPRINT. ONLY TWO PANES WERE PRINTED.

According to Canal Zone Stamps, only two panes were printed. The book states that "apparently" one pane is still intact, but does not state so definitively.

Ex Joyce. Scott Retail as full pane (Image)