Session 4 - Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions, LLC

U.S. POSSESSIONS: Canal Zone
Ex 3977 3978 3979
3977 Canal Zone, 1925-28, 2¢-$1 definitives com plete, sharp “A's” (84-95), o.g., 3¢, 15¢ and $1
tropicalized and a cou ple with hinge rem nants, F.-V.F. Scott $492. Estimate $250 - 350
3978 Canal Zone, 1926, 2¢ car mine, sharp “A”, “ZONE CANAL” (84b), glazed o.g., Fine, only 180 ex am -
ples is sued; 1987 PF cert. Scott $500. Estimate $200 - 300
3979 / Canal Zone, 1926, 2¢ car mine, sharp “A” (84d), book let pane of 6, po si tion K, o.g., stamps never
hinged, hinged in sel vage only, Very Fine. Scott $175. Estimate $100 - 150
3980 a Canal Zone, 1925, 3¢ vi o let, sharp “A”, “ZONE ZONE” (85a, 85), sin gle stamp (po si tion 18) in bot tom
right par tial sheet of 81 (miss ing the top row of ten stamps and left ver ti cal row), o.g., never hinged, the er ror stamp
is better cen tered than most ex am ples; right side plate block sel vage dam aged (op po site po si tion 70), F.-V.F., only
100 ex am ples can ex ist and “Ca nal Zone Stamps” es ti mates that only 90 are still ex tant. Scott $1,159 (photo on
web site). Estimate $400 - 600
3981 a Canal Zone, 1926, 5¢ dark blue, sharp “A”, shifted over print (86 var.), bot tom right com plete sheet of
100 with plate num ber 16332, o.g., never hinged, eye catch ing ex am ple with a dra mat i cally shifted over print down -
ward, re sult ing in many stamps show ing “Zone Ca nal” over print ing in stead of “Ca nal Zone”, a beau ti ful ex hi bi tion
qual ity show piece, F.-V.F. (photo on web site). Estimate $1,500 - 2,000
3982 a Canal Zone, 1926, 5¢ dark blue, sharp “A”, “ZONE ZONE” (86a, 86), cen ter stamp in a block of 15,
from lower right pane (po si tions 6-10, 16-20, 26-30), er ror stamp is po si tion 18, o.g., in ter leav ing ad her ing to about
half of the stamps in clud ing the er ror stamp; top stamps with nat u ral straight edge at top, Fine, “Ca nal Zone Stamps”
es ti mates that only 15 ex am ples of this er ror ex ist. Estimate $400 - 600
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