At times the lotter has a difficult decision whether to break down a nice classic collection into individual lots. Often we find that they can do very well left intact. Today and tomorrow we feature collections that attracted many bids and exceeded our estimates.
Lot 40 Canada #18 1859 12½c green Queen Victoria Specialized Collection, featuring one of each of the 100 sheet positions, all neatly displayed on quadrille pages. Each stamp is described with an illustration of how the plating was done. We note several pairs, strips, shades, some with imprint, some with re-entries, including the major re-entry, etc. An extremely difficult lot to duplicate, seldom offered and very fine as such. Ex. Laycock. Estimate $5,000, sold for $4900 plus buyer’s premium.
