Lot 20 Canada #8 1857 ½d Rose Queen Victoria Imperforate, used with light c.d.s. cancel and four large to huge margins, extremely fine. Unitrade CV$1,000, sold for C$850.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Queen Victoria
Lot 408, Great Britain 1880 2sh pale brown Queen Victoria, used with part of a duplex cancel
Lot 408 Great Britain #56 1880 2sh Pale Brown Queen Victoria, used with part of a duplex cancel, fine and quite scarce. Scott CV U$5,000.
Lot 471, Great Britain 1891 one pound green Queen Victoria, VF with neat c.d.s
Lot 471 Great Britain #124 1891 £1 Green Queen Victoria, used with neat c.d.s. cancels, fresh and very fine. Scott CV U$925.
Lot 108, Canada 1859 two cent rose Queen Victoria, VF unused horizontal pair
Sale 46 begins today with our Canada section.
Lot 108 Canada #20b 1859 2c Rose Queen Victoria Imperforate, an unused (no gum, as issued) horizontal pair, with trace of “dash in right 2” on left stamp. There is a tiny tear in the upper right corner margin, else very fine and rare, with only 100 stamps issued. Unitrade CV$5,000.
Lot 66, Canada 1859 two cent deep rose Queen Victoria block of four, XF o.g.
Lot 66 Canada #20 1859 2c Deep Rose Queen Victoria, Perforated 12 x 11¾, a mint block of four with large part original gum. A lovely and fresh block, with bright colour and precise impression, perforations are clear of design on all four sides of all four stamps, extremely fine. Very likely to be the finest mint block of four in existence and one of the gems of this collection.
Ex Bertram and E. Carey Fox collections.
Accompanied by a 1984 Greene Foundation certificate. Unitrade CV$8,000.
