C & H Stamps

PO Box 855
Dewitt, NY 13214

Specialists in Canal Zone since 1979

Dealer Member APS, Member CZSG, USPPS, ICC

Email: czcd@twcny.rr.com

2010 -- OUR 31st Anniversary!!

Happy Winter 2010 to all our great & loyal customers!

We specialize in Canal Zone for beginners and specialists! We also sell Danish West Indies stamps and covers; please email for information.

NEW as of 3/15/10: Added very well centered 2 on cover, 33a (see Varieties), 164 used on mailing cert., three beautiful used #8s, 35 NH block of 6 and 88 NH block of 4, 75 VF, 84 F/VF, a nice J7 and 54 no gum. I bought a huge 22 volume accumulation of Canal Zone stamps, so many more CZ listings will be coming – lets start with  NEW 12 & 13 with rare Spaced A-L in CANAL (see Varieties page below)! Updated J12-14 (new J12 mint). New 19 used (15 mm overprint, 88 VF NH, 50 XF LH mint, 35 F/VF NH and F+ NH, 84 VF huge margins, used 8 F/VF, nice CO10 F/VF and CO12 spacefiller! Used UX1 and mint UX2d added in Postal Stationery! Getting closer to listing CZ specimens on this list! CZ UX6 used (see just below), 39c mint pane! CZ C7, C9-11, C12-14 all on combo FDC (see below), likely the best centered #1 in existence! Any stamp can be scanned and emailed/sent to you; this is easier than my learning html!

Canal Zone Postal Stationery is here! See Pricelists below!

We wish to highlight these six rarities:  

 

CZ UX6, the 1c embossed post card from 1924 (the only embossed postal card ever issued by the US!), extremely fine mint copy of this seldom offered card. It is a hard item to scan, since the scanner tries to darken it, so I apologize for the light color. Rest assured this card is strongly printed and in beautiful condition. Undercatalogued at $1050 in “usual” condition, which this is not! http://canalzonestamps.com/images/czux6mint.jpg   $1085

 

UX6, the 1c embossed post card, USED from Gatun 11/14/24 on a printed International Association of Machinists’ meeting notice card, extremely fine example of this scarce used card, as with scans of this card, the “stains” on the front are NOT stains but a spot gum mark (on the left) and a very light finger mark with postmark ink (below the “stamp”), really a beautiful card and rarely seen http://canalzonestamps.com/images/czux6used.jpg    $1000

 

46 two corner blocks with split overprint, the top two stamps from each block show the rare “ANAL ONE” variety (CZSG 46.4) of which only 10 were issued! However, the way these were located makes me thing they could me a new find – still, these represent either 40% or 20% of all those that exist! Both moderate to have severe tropical gum stains, have no or partial gum, the right bock has a creases affecting all but the left ANAL variety. Nonetheless, these are very rare, Scott catalog $1450 as normal for the blocks, and these might be worth $3500 in good condition. http://canalzonestamps.com/images/cz46anal.jpg    http://canalzonestamps.com/images/cz46anal2.jpg    $500

 

  94 used block of 5! Yes, this is a used block of 4 with an additional stamp attached on the lower right --  it has straight edges at the bottom, heavy cancel, the perfs touch at right, there are a few creases, a few missed perfs – in general, it’s pretty tough, BUT…..it is very rare in such a multiple, and has a catalog value of $800+!! See scan at:            http://canalzonestamps.com/images/cz94block.JPG    $55 net

 

117 vertical pair with dramatic misperf through center of stamp! CZ freak perfs like this are never common, especially one like this! Light bend in top selvage, otherwise NH and fresh! http://canalzonestamps.com/images/cz117misperf.jpg    $88

 

Combination First Day Cover for all airmails issued on 11/18/31! Small envelope with C7, C9-11 and C13-14 (with #90 added) sent by registered mail to Wooster, Ohio; backstamped Cristobal 11/18/31, and Wooster 11/25/31. Pencil note on back indicates it was serviced by CZ dealer Nathan Levy. VF and in great condition! C14 on FDC is especially rare; the combined catalog value is $295. This cover is $220 net

                        http://canalzonestamps.com/images/czc514fdc.jpg and http://canalzonestamps.com/images/czc514fdc2.jpg

 

CZ UC1 first airmail envelope, first day cover 5/21/28 with pair of #72 and #103 (scarce used!) added, to Kelso, WA (backstamped Pasco WA 5/29/28). F/VF, small UL corner bend, rare and Scott $175, http://canalzonestamps.com/images/CZUC1fdc.JPG            $90 net

Please note these ABBREVIATIONS are used in these lists:

adh adherence
prtd printed
blk block
PU postally used
bot botttom
PPC picture-
ccl cancel post card
cert certificate
ppd postpaid
cr crease
pr pair
DG disturbed gum
reg registered
dmg damaged
RG regummed
DSG dry shiny gum
rev reverse
env envelope
rnd rounded
flt fault
ret return

gsk gum skip
SE str. edge
CDS circ. date stamp
SF space filler
HC heavy ccl.
sh sheet
LC light ccl.
sl slight
LL,LR location
s/l str.line
LH light hinge
sm small
mc machine ccl.
SON socked on
NC normal ccl.
nose ccl.
NG no gum
sp short perf.

NH never hinged
st stamp
np nibbed perfs.
stn stain
OG original gum
TG tropical gum
ovpt overprint
tr tear
pf perforation
tth tiny thin
pp pulled perf.
UL,UR location
PG part gum
VLC very light ccl.
PF Philatelic Fdn.
WG waxy gum
wr wrinkle

PLEASE NOTE WELL:

  • Unless otherwise noted, unused stamps have OG and may have hinge remnants. OG NH means NH!
  • Mint stamps are denoted by NH, WG, PG or OG.
  • Used stamps are denoted by LC, VLC, MC, NC or HC.
  • Used with normal cancel unless noted LC/HC. Normal cancel = an average amount of ink per postmark - not light enough to stand out, nor heavy enough to cover the stamp’s design.
  • VLC = very light cancel, barely enough to be noticed.

Please order by centering and condition. (ie: VF LC, or F/VF OG sm th).    PLEASE GIVE ALTERNATE CHOICES (or email us first) since many items may be unique.  Thank you!

OUR STRICT CZ GRADING STANDARDS – view our scans to get a visual definition!

VF = PERFECT CENTERING – NOTHING LESS

F = off-center perfs that do not cut into design,

F/VF = centered VF one direction & F in the other, (ie: Scott VF),

F+ is between F/VF and F (ie: our F+ = Scott F/VF). VG = perfs cut on 1 or 2 sides.

If you want other dealers’ VF, then order F/VF!

One reason we have so many almost VF is that it’s hard to find EXACTLY perfectly centered CZ!

.I update these pricelists often; check periodically and “Refresh” to see new listings! Our lists are organized by Scott number/area (airmails, dues, etc.).

Please order by centering and condition. (ie: VF LC, or F/VF OG sm th).    PLEASE GIVE ALTERNATE CHOICES (or email us first) since many items may be unique.  Thank you!

Terms of Sale!

  • Check or money orders (no credit cards) please – but we accept Paypal (either a transfer of your Paypal balance, or credit/debit card-funded Paypal accounts!)
  • Also, please add 50c for orders under $10. We pay postage, but please add for insurance or we send at your risk!!!
  • NY Residents please add tax!

SECONDS!!!!! Yes, we have seconds (boy, do we have seconds!!) Should you like to fill a space with a stamp with slight faults, please write us.

Sheets? Yup, we got ‘em! Send your want list for our quotes. We also have many mint blocks, if you collect them

Certificates? Why does the stamp need one? The CZ first issue, CZ #1-3, were heavily forged, even during their period of use! Therefore, it is imperative that an authority – usually the American Philatelic Society (APS) or Philatelic Foundation (PF) – certify the stamps; they issue certificates of genuine-ness that include a photo of the stamp. I have also seen a forged #15, so that’s important. CZ #46-8 and 67 are often hard to identify and certificates are a good idea; I don’t usually get certs for 46-8 and 67, but if you purchase one of these, you may submit them for certificates and, if not genuine, I will refund the purchase price, cost of certificates and your postage paid to get the cert.

Waxy gum? What’s with the wax!? The climate in Panama is so humid that stamp gum absorbs moisture from the air; wax paper was placed between sheets in post offices to prevent sheets adhering to each other. This wax often stuck to the gum; for some issues, Scott 15 and 18-20 for example, almost no copies survived without waxy gum (unless they were regummed later).

Organizations:

If you invest time and energy to build a strong CZ collection, you should also invest time to learn more about CZ stamps and postal history through the great organizations that research and publish information on it all! We strongly encourage customers to join the Canal Zone Study Group. Its resources are a great way to learn about CZ collecting. Write us for an application, or visit their website: www.czsg.org . Another group, the Isthmian Collectors Club, distributes a great deal of historic information of Panama and the Canal Zone through a monthly newsletter; email us for information. The US Possessions Philatelic Society (USPPS) is active in other Possessions with many of the same CZSG researchers. Write us also for info on the USPPS.

This website is dedicated to my father Howard, who passed away in 2002. We cofounded C&H Stamps in 1979, and he was an important participant in CZ postal history and philatelic research. We still miss him greatly.

Chris

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