Canal
Zone Stamp Varieties!!! Updated as of 12/9/16
We have some very unusual
varieties this time, as well as some early issues
(at the end below). Add some rare
items of interest to your collection today.
Scott number Price
5 F/VF OG slight doubling of ZONE and AMA since the
paper was flopping loosely when the stamp was being overprinted. Unusual. $35
6 Overprint shifted to left, just touching the perfs. Almost VF NH. Clean &
9 F+ OG Spaced A-L
in Canal (700 exist) $75
NEW! 12 F+ WG Block with 12b ZONE Antique at upper left, PAMANA at left at lower left, attractive $88
NEW! 12 Spaced A-L in CANAL only 300
printed. VG/F OG (bottom two NH) block of 4, the variety is the UL stamp (pos.
41); in addition, the
CZSG 16.2 workup between Z&O of ZONE; workup is when the
metal pieces holding the type come in contact with the stamp and print a
vertical line between the letters.
F NH, position 12 on the sheet $4.50
16b block of 4 with selvage and partial imprint at left,
CZSG 16b.6 (1 and ct. narrowly spaced and inverted N in left
Nice centering,
gum bend on right stamps from wax interleaving (stamps do not have any bend);
6000 of the variety exist. Scan is at:
http://canalzonestamps.com/images/cz16b6narrow.jpg $22
16b.1 in block of 4 F/VF OG C ANAL widely spaced C-A at lower right. uncommon. $17
16b F WG 1 sp, Accent on 1st A of left
16b.6 Narrow space between 1 and ct. the letters are too close FVF OG fresh
stamp, less common than other varieties (harder to find) $6
16b.2 Z O in Zone widely spaced, only 6,000 issued, F/VF WG http://canalzonestamps.com/images/cz16bspacedzone.jpg $10
17 F/VF OG block of 4 (bottom 2 NH), LR stamp with very dark workup between N&A of CANAL (CZSG 17.1), UR stamp with broken N in CANAL. Beautiful block $35
17 F/VF LC (sp, though).
Br. O. 75c
17 ditto but F/VF WG at SE at bottom $3
17.4 F+ LC accent on two As in rt.
17a F/VF LC several short perfs, Broken
18 (CZSG 18.1b) 15 mm
left
19 F/VF NC
left Panama 15 mm long and right Panama 16 mm long (and P has a foot!), couple
short perfs http://canalzonestamps.com/images/cz19pan15mmused.jpg
$12
19 F+ OG 16 mm PANAMAs, both reading up $37
19.8 Two
19.7
-- see regular pricelist above!
20 alm F/VF NH (inscr. tab at rt),
perf. doubling at rt., 1 sp. $28
22 F/VF OG fresh vertical pair, top stamp with ONE for ZONE, $80 Scott catalog value,
bottom stamp light overprint of CANAL, short perfs at
top $22
CZSG 24.6 spaced just F/VF NH C-A variety on the 5c, 6 Ύ mm
spacing, only 4500 issued $24
CZSG 24.6 spaced C-A, VG/F WG $17
27 F/VF OG spaced C-A, sps at
right $4
27 F+ OG ditto $3
29 F/VF OG spaced C-A, 2 sps $6
30 F/VF OG spaced C-A crease $5
36
block of 4,
39 F- LC, broken C. $2.50
39 F/VF LC, broken A2 (left half about gone), cr. $1
40 F/VF NC, slight broken
O at LR $2
43 with part of Z in ZONE doubled! F++
OG single with small parts of left edge of Z doubled; likely a plate kiss
than a double overprint, but
certainly interesting. http://canalzonestamps.com/images/cz43zz.jpg http://canalzonestamps.com/images/cz43zz2.jpg $15
49 F/VF LC Grey brown & black color - bleached out?? $1.50
57 VG/F (flt.) on piece: Balboa Paquebot CDS & slug 4/28/25
60 used position blocks, from the same sheet, all with
matching light postmarks in red ex-Leeds/Levy collection:
1.
Used upper right plate number block of 9! This F+ to F/VF LC block has plate
number in the top selvage. Also note positions 29-30
(2
stamps at the bottom right) both are CZSG 60.1a, 9Ό mm overprint spacing. Wax
paper interleaving on most stamps, some hinge
reinforcement at top. Still unusual and rare! Scan is at: http://canalzonestamps.com/images/cz60usedpb.jpg $30
2. Used lower right block of 6 F to
F+ LC, positions 88-90, 98-100. Posn. 88 (upper left) is CZSG 60.1b, 9Ύ mm overprint spacing
See scan at: http://canalzonestamps.com/images/cz6-88100.jpg Wax paper interleaving on back, hinge reinfmt. at bottom.$12
3. Used upper left corner block of
8, positions 1-4, 11-14; posns. 11 and 14 are both
CZSG 60.1a, 9Ό mm overprint spacing, F/VF
with wax
interleaving on back, some hinge reinfmt. at top. Nicely centered. http://canalzonestamps.com/images/cz60posn114.jpg $16
60b bottom pair from pane F+ LC huge margins at bottom & sides,
rare item $50
62a
F/VF NH inverted overprint, fine $75
NEW! 63 F+ NC small faults BUT interesting offset of the CZ overprint on the back, appears doubled (esp. the 2nd A in CANAL and N in ZONE) http://canalzonestamps.com/images/cz63offset.jpg $6
71.1 Z under C see plate block listings above.
71 F+ OG CANAL overprint tilts down at left somewhat. $2
72 NH blk. of 4, 2 VF, 2 F/VF -- extremely wide margins, all 4 are almost square!!!! $15
80.A (9.25 mm spacing) F/VF NH
only 5000 printed, uncommon $90
NEW! 84 strip of three
with 84.1a (8 1/2 mm spacing creased at top) in center and normal 11 mm
spacing on either side, almost F/VF NH but gum a little waxy,
Unfortunate crease, striking variety http://canalzonestamps.com/images/cz841ainstrip.com
$35
NEW! 84 block of 4
with 84.1a (8 1/2 mm spacing tiny corner bend) at upper left, normal 11 mm
spacing otherwise, almost F/VF WG, unfortunate bend, striking variety
http://canalzonestamps.com/images/cz841ainblock.jpg $34
84d F/VF OG (bottom two stamps NH, top 2 LH) NH top block w/
full tab, very nice item. http://canalzonestamps.com/images/cz84dblock.jpg $65
Unusual and attractive http://canalzonestamps.com/images/cz86split.jpg $24
93 F/VF NH Broken first A in CANAL, a constant variety; see
scan at: is at: http://canalzonestamps.com/images/cz93bra.jpg $12
94
almost F/VF OG a bit waxy, LH single with bottom plate # tab, only 270 plate singles/blocks
were issued, so RARE! Scan is at:
http://canalzonestamps.com/images/cz94plsingle.jpg
$175
101 F/VF OG overprint very weak in Canal prtg. $1
104 F/VF NH,"L" over "E"
ovpt.
$20
115 VF plate block, glassy gum & gum soaks from being sweatboxed off paper.
Still, its a plate
block.....$10
119 F NH blk4 broken Z LL stamp $1
C5a alm.VF LC dropped "2" variety, Cristobal CDS ccl.
$40
C5a F+ NH dropped
"2" variety. $38
C5a almost VF NH in a pair $55
C5a F/VF OG dropped
"2" variety $42
C5a Used almost VF (wide margins) on FFC F8-25b
(Cristobal-Guatemala
City), itself an uncommon (though not
rare) flight. Magnificent error on
F/VF Mizrahi PA FFC env. Rubberstamp cachet, bkstmpd. $68
C27 F/VF LC used in the
CZSG J8.2 2 shifted ½ mm right, F very light cancel, sp $7
CZSG J9.A 1.5 mm spacing between 10 and ZONE, F+ LC, very uncommon. $18
CZSG J18.B 11mm spacing between CANAL and ZONE, almost F/VF
slightly waxy OG $9
Ditto F to F+ WG $4
NEW! J17b almost F/VF OG (some waxiness
to gum as normal for this issue), POSTAG DUE on the left stamp of a pair (right
stamp normal, with short perf) Nice margins and
fresh,
uncommon variety ($750
Scott catalog) http://canalzonestamps.com/images/czj17b.jpg $200
NEW! J21 Vertical pair, of upward
shifted surcharge, Postage Due at bottom (CZSG J21.1); this is a major error
the bottom
five of the sheet are Scott J21a (with a $5500 catalog
value), but this pair represent 2 of the remaining 45 in the sheet. They
are F/VF NH and have right sheet margin (with perfs in selvage only reinforced by a hinge). Extremely
rare, this pair is
ex-Dunaway collection. http://canalzonestamps.com/images/czj21shift.jpg $295 or ($160 each for a single)
MORE
CZ VARIETIES:
10 broken A2 in
Canal & bot. serif of Z angled
out, F/VF VLC few sps.. $2
10 broken A2 in Canal, used F/VF VLC, 2 sps. $1
12 broken C, F/VF NH. $8
12 broken C
(perhaps pos. 20), F/VF waxy OG, clipped pfs at
left. $2
13 broken A1 & N,
F+ NH, SE top, creases at top. Fine appearing. $6
13 or. red ovpt.,
most of left & top of C missing
(pos. 20?), F/VF OG. $24
18 (CZSG 18.2 var.)
P
NAMA at rt, but
also with third A accented in rt.
