Sale 973 — 2009 Rarities of the World

Sale Date — Saturday, 13 June, 2009

Category — Canal Zone, Hawaii, Philippines

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
308
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Sale 973, Lot 308, Canal Zone, Hawaii, PhilippinesCANAL ZONE, 1930, 1c on 5c Blue, Postage Due, "Postage Due" Omitted (J21a). Bottom right corner selvage vertical pair, bottom stamp the error, deep rich color, some slight surface scraping

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. THE UNIQUE CORNER SELVAGE EXAMPLE OF THE "POSTAGE DUE" OMITTED VARIETY.

This variety was caused by a dramatic upward shift of the overprint. The "1" is split on all stamps, and "Postage Due" is omitted on the bottom five stamps of the pane.

Ex Plass. With 1966 P.F. certificate

5,500
2,600