Lot 52, Canada #30a 1873 15c greenish grey Large Queen, perf 11½x12, used with grid cancel, very fine. Accompanied by 2011 Greene Foundation certificate. Unitrade C$500, realized $550.
Month: February 2012
Artist’s drawing for Half pence Canada #8, sold for $431
Lot 19 ½d Artists drawing ex. Burrus, nice set of two different colour drawings in ink on paper (19.4×10.2cm), signed by artist “Clinton Wright New York 1857”. Ex. Maurice Burrus and signed by him. Fresh, unique and very fine. Neatly mounted and annotated on page. Est $250, realized $375.
Six cent red brown Small Queen block, sold for $9775
We begin our auction highlights with this stunning block of the six cent red brown Small Queen.
Lot 80 Canada #43 1890 6¢ red brown Small Queen block of thirty. A gorgeous and fresh, mint never hinged block (five by six) from centre of left sheet, showing full imprint in left selvedge. We note a particularly strong re-entry in position 24. Very fine as a block and with very light gum disturbance on seven stamps and small reinforcement between two stamps, all mentioned for the record. Worthy of the finest collection. Catalogued as twenty-three never hinged and seven hinged. Unitrade CV$22,800, Realized $8500
Auction #9 Followup
All three days of auction sessions went smoothly and we would like to thank more than 300 bidders from all over the world for their participation.
We are busy organizing an incredible volume of material, and ask for your patience as we contact all successful bidders with their invoices, and send consignor realizations. We will begin shipping material for which we have received payment within the next week. Local pickup of auction winnings will take place beginning Saturday, March 3rd.
Prices Realized are posted on Stamp Auction Network. Auction watchers will find our featured items (better and interesting realizations) next week in this space.
Thank you again for your bids!
Auction #9 Begins Today
There is still time to place your bids. The sale commences today with Canada & B.N.A, and continues on Wednesday the 22nd and Thursday the 23rd. Bids can be placed via e-mail, telephone, fax and in person. For internet and live bidding, go to Stamp Auction Network. Opening (starting) bids can be seen there as well.
There are different times than usual for some of the sessions. Today we will start at 1:00pm EST, but the sections on Wednesday and Thursday will begin at 10:00am EST to give us time to get through the great number of lots included. Detailed information on the sessions, as well as corrections and addenda, featured stamps, and complete bidding information is all here on our website. Contact us if you have any questions that aren’t answered here.
We look forward to your participation!