Lot 24 Canada #7 1855 10d blue Cartier Imperforate, used with light cancel and four very large margins. A truly remarkable stamp, extremely fine. Accompanied by a 2016 PSE certificate grading it as “XF 90”. For the connoisseur of fine stamps. Unitrade CV C$2,400.
Lot 321, Great Britain 1840 penny black, plate 2 unused VF pair
Lot 321 Great Britain #1 1840 1p black Queen Victoria Imperforate, Plate 2, an unused (regummed) horizontal pair, with clear to large margins, showing a large part of the two adjoining stamps at top, very fine. Accompanied by a 2017 B.P.A. (London) certificate stating “some toning, tiny surface scrape at foot of IJ” (both very light). A lovely and rare unused pair, worthy of the finest collections. S.G. 2, £25,000 for two singles. Scott CV U$55,000.
Lot 2, Canada 1851 six pence brown purple Consort imperf on laid paper, unused
Lot 2 Canada #2b 1851 6d brown purple Consort Imperforate on Laid Paper. Canada’s second stamp, the six penny paying the rate to USA or double domestic, features Queen Victoria’s Consort Prince Albert was engraved by Alfred Jones using several sources. This stamp is significantly scarcer in used condition than the beaver and also even rarer in unused condition than the three penny.
This stamp has two Certificates of Authenticity, both from the Greene Foundation. The first from 1994 and second from 2015 states “…2b unused on laid paper, brown purple shade, genuine in all respects.” Neither Certificate mentions the droplet of printers’ ink in the upper right corner.
This stamp with deep fresh colour and full margins is a very rare example of a very fine Canada’s second stamp.
UNITRADE #2b $60,000
SCOTT #2b USD $40,000
S.G. #3 £50,000
From the Outaouais Collection.
Lot 8, Canada 1851 six pence greyish purple Consort used, imperf on laid paper, no visible laid lines
Lot 8 Canada #2b 1851 6d greyish purple Consort Imperforate, on Laid Paper, With No Visible Laid Lines, used with a target cancel, margins are all clear, from close at bottom to large at left and top, fine-very fine. This unlisted paper variety is well known by specialists, with some arguing that it should deserve its own catalogue number. Accompanied by a 1979 Philatelic Foundation certificate erroneously identifying the stamp as a #5a. Ex. Henry S. Schneider Unitrade CV$1,800.
Lot 4, Canada 1851 three penny beaver imperf on laid paper, used with target cancel
1851 3d red Beaver Imperforate, on Laid Paper, used with bold centrally struck target cancel, very clear laid lines, with very large and even margins all around, very fine. Accompanied by a 2001 Greene Foundation certificate. Unitrade CV C$1,600.
